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pressed. Their species are numerous, and have been 

 in part confounded, under the name of Roquet Goi- 

 treux. Rouge-gorge^ and Anolis. {Lac. Strenuosa et 

 Bullaris, Lin.) They inhabit the warm parts of Ame- 

 rica and the Antilles, and change colour with a pro- 

 digious facility, especially in warm weather. Their 

 cuticular appendage swells when the animal is angry, 

 and grows as red as a cherry. These animals are 

 not so large as our grey lizard, and live particularly 

 on insects, which they pursue with agility. The 

 individuals of this species cannot meet, it is said, 

 without fighting with great fury. 



The species of the Antilles, or the Roquet of 

 Lacep. I. pi. xxvii. (it is now particularly the La- 

 certa Bullaris. Gm.) has the muzzle short, dotted 

 with brown, and the eyelids projecting. Its ordi- 

 nary colour is greenish. Except its round tail, it 

 much resembles the little crested anolis. 



The Striped Anolis, Daud. IV. xlviii. 1, differs 

 only by having series of black marks on the flanks. 

 It appears the same as the Lacerta Strenuosa Lin. 

 Seb. II. XX. 4. Its length is a little more conside- 

 rable than the preceding. 



Hie Anolis of Carolina. {Iguane goitreuXy Brong.) 

 Catesby, II. xxvi. 



Is of a fine golden green, with a black band on 

 the temple. Its muzzle is elongated and flatted, 



