36 BROWN LIZARD. — Clafs Il. 
never been inhabitants of that element, as it is cer- 
tain many of our lizards are in their firft ftate. 
At that period they have a fin above and below 
their tail; that onthe 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 lon- 
ger of any ufe. 
Befides thefe circumftances that attend them in 
form of a lJarve, Mr. Ellis* has remarked certain 
pennated fins at the gills of one very common in 
moft of our ftagnating waters, and which is fre~ 
quently obferved to take a bait like a fith. 
iil. They. BR OW NL 1 Z AR: 
Lacertus vulg. terreftris ven- _—_latis, palmis tetradattylis, 
tre nigro maculato. Rai  dorfo linea duplici fufca. 
Jyne quad. 264. Lin. fyft. 3700 Faun. Jutce 
L. vulgaris. L. cauda tereti No. 283. 
mediocri, pedibus unguicu- 
a Dee is three inches long: the body flender ; 
the tail long, flightly comprefied, {mall and 
taper; that and the upper part of the body of a 
pale brown, marked on each fide the back with a 
narrow black line reaching to the end of the tail : 
the belly of a pale yellow, marked with {mall dufky 
fpots; the toes formed like thofe of the preceding. 
® Phil. Tran. vol. LVI. p. 191. 
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