252 BEEMUDA. 



In the order Sauria we have the Hzard tribe. 

 The saurian reptiles are distinguished from the 

 chelonian by the want of a shieM and by the 

 presence of teeth. The blue-tailed skink {Scincus 

 nasciatus, Holbrook) and the Scincus ocellatus (Da.) 

 are representatives of this order. The Scincus ocel- 

 latus burrows in the sand so quickly that it is out 

 of sight in an instant, and appears rather to have 

 found a hole than made one. 



In the class Reptilia, we have had occasion to 

 name but a few genera and species ; so barren are 

 these islands in that class of animals which respire 

 by limgs, having red and cold blood, and bodies 

 covered with horny or cartilaginous plates, or with 

 har4 scales. 



