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Thus we have good authority for enriching our list with 
the Hawk’s-bill Turtle of the Parret, which came alive 
into my possession. 
SQUAMATA. LACERTADAE. 
(SAURIA.) 
VIVIPAROUS LIZARD—Zootoca vivipara. 
This is the Lacerta agılis of former authors, which name 
seems to have been misapplied, and to have belonged to 
another species of this geuus, which is not uncommon in 
the neighbourhood of Poole, in Dorsetshire, and to which 
it is now given. Our active little lizard is common in 
many parts of our county. I have seen many apparently 
sleeping on the sunny sides of dry hedge-row banks about 
Bridgwater, on Quantock and Mendip, &c. and almost 
always in sunshine. They are readily disturbed ; are very 
agile, and dificult to catch. If a person’s curiosity should 
lead him to capture one of these pretty little reptiles, he 
must not seize it by the tail, for it values its liberty more 
than this appendage, and will run away, leaving it wrigg- 
ling in the hand of the captor. 
SAUROPHIDIA. ANGUIDAE. 
Buinp Worm or SLow WORM— Anguis fragilis. 
This inactive and harmless creature is common all over 
the county, except in marshy places. This will also part 
from its tail when handled roushly. Its bony structure 
is intermediate between the lizard and the snake. 
OPHIDIA. COLUBRIDAE. 
CoMmMoN SNAKE— Natriz torquata, Coluber Natrix.—Linn. 
This beautifully marked and harmless reptile is common. 
The eggs of snakes are well known, clusters of them being 
often dug out of manure heaps and warm banks. I have 
kept some of them for weeks together, opening one or 
two occasionally for my friends’ amusement, or my own, 
