38 OUR REPTILES. 



more's the pity," because it would be a handsome 

 addition to the reptile fauna of any country, and 

 being inoffensive and tractable, could be welcomed 

 without regret- 



Enlarged view of the upper surface of the head of the Green 

 Lizard (Lacerta viridis) showing the form and arrangement 

 of the plates.— Milne-Edwards, t. 5, f. 3. 



