24 B R O W N L I Z A R D. Class IlL 



perfedlly formed, and had not the lead veftiges 

 of fins ', fo that circnmftance, joined to their being 

 found in a dry place, remote from water, makes us 

 imagine them to have never been inhabitants of that 

 element, as it is certain many of our lizards are in 

 their nrft ftate. 



At that period they have a fin above and below 

 their tail ; that on the upper part extends along the 

 back as far as the head, but both drop off as foon 

 as the animal takes to the land, being then no 

 longer of any ufe. 



Befides ihefe circumftances that attend them in 

 form of a larve^ Mr. Ellis * has remarked certain 

 pennated fins at the gills of one very common in 

 mod of our ftagnating waters, and which is fre- 

 Quenclv obferved to take a bait like a filli. 



9. Brown. Lacertus vulg. terreilris ven- culads, palmis tetradadylis, 



tre rigro maculate. Ran dorfo linea duplici fufca. 



Jjn. quoJ. 264. Lin. fyfl, 370. Faun, Suec» 



L. vulgaris. L. cauda tere- No. 283. 

 ti mediocri, pedibus uPxgui- 



T HIS is three inches long: the body (lender; 

 the tail long, (lightly comprefled, fmiall and 

 taper ; that and the upper part of the bo<ay of a 

 pale brown, marked on each fide the back with a 



* Phil, r-ran. Vol. LVI. P. 191. 



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