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is to be found on the bluffs of the Palisades ; on Bearfort 

 Mountain at Greenwood Lake ; on the rocky bluffs of the 

 Passaic River gorge at Paterson. Abbott speaks of its 

 occurrence at Lake Hopatcong ; Storer in Eastern Massa- 

 chusetts ; and others mention it from various nearby 

 places. 



In confinement it is hardy, but can scarcely be called 

 tamable, as it will use all opportunities to escape. Cap- 

 ture is difficult and often can be effected only with the loss 

 of its very brittle tail. It burrows in the sand or earth, 

 where, too, it hibernates. A worm or a bit of fresh meat 

 placed where it burrows will soon bring it to the surface, 

 the sense of touch or of smell indicating the presence of 

 the food. Flies, roaches and insects generally are eagerly 

 eaten by it. 



Family Teidse. Teids. 



Tongue flat, elongate, ending in two long, smooth points, 

 its surface covered with imbricate, scale-like papillae ; pre- 

 maxillaries single ; temporal' fossae not roofed over by 

 bone. A large American family. 



Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (£.). 

 Six-lined Lizard. 



Tail not compressed, shields of head large, eyelids de- 

 veloped, ear exposed, a double collar-fold, scales small, 

 ventral plates large. Length, 6 to 9 inches. Dusky brown, 

 with three yellow streaks on each side ; the spaces between 

 jet black ; throat silvery ; belly blue in breeding male. 



Said to occur from Connecticut to Virginia, Wisconsin 

 and Mexico ; habitat, dry, sandy places on the ground ; 

 said to hunt towards evening and to be very timid (Hol- 

 brook). 



As I cannot find any statement regarding its occurrence 

 within our limits, it is probably very rare in this section of 

 country. 



