CHAPTER XIX 



IKELAND 



Mr. G. a. Boulengee informs me that the Irish 

 specimens in the British Museum are as follows : — 



Lacerta vivipara (viviparous lizard). 

 County Meath. 

 Graigue, Kilkenny. 



Dr. R Scharff, Science and Art Museum, Dublin, 

 has sent me the following paragraph : — 



" The viviparous lizard (Z. vivipara), though widely 

 spread in Ireland, is decidedly rare and almost un- 

 known to the general public. We possess specimens 

 in this Museum from the following localities : — 



Kenmare, Co. Kerry. Bellmullet, Co. Mayo. 



Killarney, Co. Kerry. Moville, Co. Donegal. 



Castletown-Berehaven, Piperstown, Co. Louth. 

 Co. Kerry. Feltrim Hill, Co. Dublin. 



Eoundstone, Co. Galway. Glen of the Downs, Co. 



Cappagh, Co. Waterford. Wicklow. 



" I have no doubt at all that this species occurs 

 in every county in Ireland. Thompson (cf. Natural 

 History of Ireland) records it from Co. Down, Antrim, 

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