HEBPETOLOGY OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF BADEN. 53 



The following dates, all of which may be depended upon 

 quantum valeant f of course prove nothing beyond the dates upon 

 which my informants first saw the birds named. In my opinion, 

 the only value of these records is for comparison with others 

 from different localities : — March 12th, Woodcock ; 16th, Merlin ; 

 23rd, Chiffchaff; 28th, Wheatear ; 30th, Whinchat, Tree Pipit ; 

 31st, Wryneck, Golden Plover. April 9th, Blackcap ; 14th, Ray's 

 Wagtail, Swallow; 15th, Martin; 16th, Cuckoo, Willow Wren ; 

 17th, Sand Martin; 18th, Wigeon ; 21st, Redstart, Nightingale; 

 22nd, Sedge Warbler ; 23rd, Common Sandpiper; 26th, White- 

 throat ; 29th, Wood Wren, Red-backed Shrike ; 30th, Landrail. 

 May 2nd, Turtle Dove; 4th, Lesser Whitethroat; 6th, Spotted 

 Flycatcher; 7th, Reed Warbler; 15th, Swift. 



ON THE HEBPETOLOGY OP THE GRAND DUCHY 

 OF BADEN. 



By G. Norman Douglass. 

 (Continued from p. 20.) 



2. Lacerta agilis (Linn.). — The young are the first to appear 

 in spring, namely, about the middle of March, and often pay dearly 

 for their temerity ; they are also the last to withdraw towards 

 the end of October. The old males leave their winter quarters 

 towards the beginning of April, and may be observed, often still 

 covered with earth, basking in the warm sunshine. They precede 

 the females by about a week, as in the case of many other 

 reptiles, batrachia, fishes, and migratory birds. 



With respect to the distribution of this lizard, it may be 

 noticed that in the Bavarian Palatinate and Northern Elsass it 

 is for the most part less ubiquitous than L. muralis ; and I hear 

 that in some districts, as near Deidesheim, where both the 

 southern forms are found, L. agilis is decidedly scarce. On the 

 eastern side of the Rhine it is by far the most generally-diffused 

 species, avoiding the highest parts only of the Black Forest, 

 while in the lower and wooded portions of the country it is most 

 abundant, and frequently attains large dimensions. 



The extreme length usually cited is 21 cm., but, in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of the capital, specimens of 20 to 22 cm. are not 



