102 HALF-HOURS IN THE OREEN LANES. 



may be found on the adjoining sandy heath, that 

 being the locality most affected by it ; whereas the 

 common lizard likes to sun itself on the banks of our 

 green lanes. 



Our readers are aware that, as the limits of space 

 allow us only to draw attention to the most familiar 

 objects to be found in a country walk, we cannot 

 dwell at any considerable length upon them, at- 

 tractive though they may be. Such books as 

 Professor Bell's and ' Cooke's Reptiles' will give all 

 extra help. The latter is rich in folk-lore and tra- 

 dition, and the former goes into accurate detail of 

 habit and species. Let us now turn to objects 

 usually deemed more attractive the birds of our 

 green lanes. But it should be remembered that to 

 the true naturalist there is no high or low, beautiful 

 and ugly, attractive and unattractive. Every form 

 of life is full of interest, and equally testifies to the 

 wisdom and goodness which have placed it in the spot 

 *-here it is most fitted to flourish. 



