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LIZARDS 



close upon it, the lizard leaves its tail between your thumb 

 and finger, as a souvenir, and gayly streaks away to groiv 

 another, without loss of time! The power possessed by liz- 

 ards to reproduce a missing tail is one of the strangest things 

 in animal growth; but it is to be observed that the second 

 edition of a lizard's tail is far from being the shapely and 



perfect member that is 

 seen in the first. 



Many lizards, like 

 much study, are a weari- 

 ness to the flesh; and we 

 will limit our exhibit to a 

 very few prominent and 

 interesting tj^pes which 

 are well fitted to repre- 

 sent the entire group. 

 The Blue-Tailed Lizard^ is not only a common species 

 throughout a wide area of the United States, but it is also 

 representative of a large number of species which resemble 

 it. It is found throughout the eastern half of the United 

 States, from Nova Scotia and Canada to Florida and the 

 Gulf, westward in the South to Arizona, and in the North 

 to Wyoming. It is often called the Skink, and "Blue-Tail," 

 and Blue-Tailed Skink, and in summer it is available for 

 study purposes to a larger number of school j^upils than any 

 other lizard known to the author. 



The colors of this creature vary with age to an extent 

 that is apt to be very confusing. Observe the programme: 



' Eu-me'ces quin-que-lin-e-at'us. 



BLUE-TAILED LIZARD. 



