HISTORY 



OF 



RITISH REPTILES. 



BY 



THOMAS BELL, F.R.S. F.L.S. V.P.Z.S. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE PHILOMATHIC AND NATURAL HISTORY 



SOCIETIES OF PARIS, AND OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF PHILADELPHIA. 



PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN KING'S COLLEGE, LONDON. 



ILLUSTRATED BY MOREJLE^N FORTY WOODCUTS. 



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JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW, 



M.DCCC.XXXIX. 



