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KEARTONS' NATURE PICTURES 



GRKRN LIZARD. 



in the Channel Islands. It has occa- 

 sionally been found along the South 

 coast of England, and notably in the 

 neighbourhood of Eastbourne, where 

 the natural conditions are practically 

 the same as in Northern France. Some 

 naturalists are therefore of opinion that 



it is indigenous to our soil, whilst others, 

 on the contrary, think that the few 

 specimens met with in this country 

 have either escaped from captivity or 

 been brought from the Continent and 

 released by admirers desirous of seeing 

 the creature establish itself as a breeding 

 species in the British Islands. Per- 

 sonally, I should like to see it become 

 common, for it is certain that its attrac- 

 tive appearance and harmless habits 

 would do nothing but add to the interest 

 of the country-side. 



Like its congeners, the Common and 

 Sand Lizards, it is very partial to bask- 

 ing in sunshine and lives upon flies and 

 other forms of insect life, in the capture 

 of which it shows astonishing activity. 



