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information for A. sagrei. Evans (1961) gives a quite complete 

 bibliography of lizard natural history. 



Throughout this study I have attempted to verify critical points 

 with counts, censuses, or other objective measurements, and I have 

 used these extensively here. They have the disadvantage of ex- 

 cluding all information which is not being measured and so present a 

 limited picture and one which is sometimes difficult to comprehend 

 by someone who is not famUiar with anoline behavior. To offset 

 this and provide a frame of reference, I have included frequent 

 abstracts from my field notes [direct quotes and paraphrasing both 

 are in smaller type — ed.] and have appended two short sections to 

 provide a picture of the general behavior of this species, one report- 

 ing the behavior of an individual which was under observation for 

 an entire day, and the other giving a composite and hypothetical 

 account of the usual course of the life of an A. liiicatojnis. 



I want to thank first Dr. Ernest E. Williams and my wife Patricia, 

 the two people who contributed most to this study. Dr. Williams, 

 principal investigator of the National Science Foundation grant 

 under which the field work was done, helped organize the project, 

 advised me during our time in the field, and criticized the manu- 

 script at various stages of completion. My wife helped with the 

 field work, did most of the editing and typing of the manuscript, 

 and provided both moral and logistic support. 



A number of other people contributed importantly to the work. 

 My father. Dr. A. L. Rand, supplied very valuable criticism of both 

 the ideas and form of the work. Prof. Garth Underwood discussed 

 the problem with me and gave me the benefit of his years of ex- 

 perience A\dth the Jamaican anoles. Dr. P. E. Vanzolini advised on 

 the analysis of the data and criticized the manuscript. Discussion 

 with Dr. W. J. Smith provided additional insight into certain aspects 

 of the behavioral concepts. Drs. M. Moynihan, E. Willis, J. Eisen- 

 berg, and W. Milstead read and criticized the manuscript. 



I am indebted to Prof. D. Steven, who allowed me to use the facilities 

 of the Zoology Department of the University of the West Indies, and 

 to the rest of the staff there, particularly Prof, Ivan Goodbody and 

 Mr. William Page for their assistance. I wish to thank them and the 

 visitors at the University, such as Mr. Malcolm Edmunds and Dr. 

 Arthur Hughes, for listening to lengthy discom'ses on anoles and for 

 criticizing them most helpfully. 



I am also indebted to Mr. William Page and Mrs. L. Jones for their 

 help in determining the insects found in lizard stomachs. 



Finally, I must acknowledge the financial support for this project 

 from National Science Foundation grant number 16066. 



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