THE LIZARDS. 



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of Poole, Dorsetshire, but not at all common. It is ovi- 

 parous, and deposits its eggs in hollows in the sand which 

 it excavates on purpose, and having carefully covered them 



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over with a layer of sand, leaves them to be hatched by 

 solar heat. 



The colour varies: some are darkish -brown, others 

 sandy-brown on the upper-parts, with a lateral series of 



