ii SCALY LIZ AH D. Class Iir; 



The legs and feet were duflcy ; on each foot were 



live toes, furnifhed with claws. 



This fpecici! is extremely nimble : in hot weather 



it bafics on the fides of dry banks, or of old trees ; 



but on being obferved immediately retreats to its 



hole. 



The food of this fpecies, as of all the other 



Engliflj lizards, is inlccls : they themfelves of birds 



* " of prey. Each of our lizards are perfeflly harm- 



lefs; )et.rucir forii is what ftrikes one with dif- 



guft, and has occafioned great obfcurity in their 



hiftory. 



Other Related to this fpecies is the Guernfey lizard. 



Species. ,. ■ ^ , , 



which we are iniormed has been propagated in 



England from feme originally brought from that 

 ifland. ^¥e have alio heard of a o-reen lizard 

 frequent near Farnham^ v/hich probably may be of 

 that kind : but the mod uncommon fpecies we ever 

 met with any account of, is that which was killed 

 near JFofcot^ in the parifh of Swinford, Worcefter- 

 JJoire, in 1741, which was two feet fix inches long, 

 and four inches in girth. The fore-legs were pla- 

 ced eight inches from the head \ the hind legs five 

 inches beyond thofe : the legs two inches long : 

 the feet divided into four toes, each furnifhed wnh 

 a fharp claw. Another was killed at Penbury^ int 

 the fame county. Whether thefe are not of exotic 

 defcent, and whether the breed continues, is what 

 we are at prefent uninformed of. 



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