61 OUR REPTILES AND AMPHIBIANS. 
and south of the county. The Rey. Francis C. R. Jourdain kindly 
writes me that in 1876 he “found this species very abundant on 
the moors which reach from Ashopton to Sheffield, especially near 
Moscar.” 
In South Derbyshire it occurred three or four years ago on some 
rough furze-covered land near Drakelow, but has entirely disappeared 
since this was drained and put under cultivation. About six years 
ago it was to be found near Burton, but is not now to be met with 
on the Staffordshire side of the Trent. Mr. Francis Thompson 
has, however, informed me that two or three individuals still haunt 
the rockery of his garden on the Derbyshire side of the river, and 
possibly this may be true of other places where these interesting and 
beautiful reptiles are undisturbed. 
In Staffordshire, the scaly Lizird chiefly affects the wilder, 
heathy parts of the county, especially in the North and on Cannock 
Chase. In Staffordshire, however, the scaly Lizard never appears 
in such numbers as it does in the Charnwood Forest district of 
Leicestershire, where I have more frequently met with it than in 
any part of the Midlands known to me. Bardon Hill, Bradgate 
Park, Swithland, and Woodhouse Eaves are localities in Charnwood 
Forest where I have frequently. captured this active little creature. 
It seems to be very partial to the syenite and slate rocks of Charn- 
wood, on which it may be seen basking in the sunshine. 
2. Sand Lizard. Lacerta aqriis, LINN. 
Not recorded from Derbyshire or Staffordshire, and from Leices- 
tershire—with which I am very familiar, and where I have person- 
ally never met with it—solely on the authority of the late James 
Harley. Mr. Montagu Browne, F.G.8., F.Z.S., in his ‘‘ Vertebrate 
Animals of Leicestershire and Rutland” (p. 175), whilst admitting 
that he himself has not met with it, accepts the testimony of Harley, 
with which conclusion, however, I regret that Iam unable to agree. 
Harley's remarks as to times of appearance, variation in colour, and 
even, under certain circumstances, of method of reproduction may 
