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LIZARDS 



sent several specimens to the Zoological Park. When one 

 was liberated in a large sanded cage, it rose on its hind legs, 

 in the position of an erect kangaroo, and in that strange 

 posture ran rapidly. It held its head well erect, carried its 

 fore legs a la kangaroo, and ran, not by hopping, but by 

 taking long steps. In experimenting with the different indi- 



GILA MONSTER. 



viduals received from Mr. Brown, it was found that under 

 similar provocation, all of them ran in the remarkable atti- 

 tude described — highly suggestive of a pygmy dinosaur. 



The Gila Monster^ is perhaps the most famous lizard 

 of North America, and its first name is pronounced He' la. 



It is big, odd-looking and very showy, and therefore is 

 dear to the heart of nearly every collector of reptiles. A 

 large specimen has a total length of 20 'inches, girth around 

 the middle, 93^^ inches, and weighs 43 ounces. When in 



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