﻿REPTILES. 
  

  

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  The 
  Common 
  Lizard, 
  as 
  its 
  scientific 
  name 
  implies, 
  produces 
  

   its 
  young 
  alive, 
  while 
  the 
  Sand 
  Lizard 
  lays 
  eggs. 
  The 
  former 
  is 
  

   usually 
  found 
  in 
  moister 
  places 
  than 
  the 
  latter.] 
  

  

  Family 
  SCINCIDiE. 
  

   Anguis 
  fragilis, 
  L. 
  Blind 
  Worm. 
  

  

  Not 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  Sutherland, 
  though 
  not 
  nearly 
  so 
  common 
  as 
  

   the 
  Viper. 
  

  

  St. 
  John 
  says 
  he 
  only 
  once 
  observed 
  the 
  species, 
  though 
  he 
  

   was 
  told 
  it 
  was 
  common 
  : 
  the 
  one 
  he 
  saw 
  had 
  been 
  found 
  floating 
  

   down 
  the 
  river 
  Findhorn. 
  

  

  Edward 
  says 
  that 
  though 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  Banff, 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  abun- 
  

   dant 
  than 
  the 
  Adder 
  — 
  a 
  statement 
  the 
  correctness 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   extremely 
  open 
  to 
  doubt. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gordon 
  says 
  the 
  Blind 
  Worm 
  occurs 
  on 
  the 
  moors 
  and 
  less 
  

   frequented 
  hills, 
  and 
  his 
  son 
  found 
  a 
  specimen 
  on 
  the 
  Findhorn 
  

   between 
  Sluie 
  and 
  Logie 
  on 
  5th 
  September 
  1890, 
  which 
  he 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  the 
  Elgin 
  Museum 
  in 
  1892. 
  

  

  Phillips, 
  who 
  has 
  paid 
  considerable 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  Reptilia 
  of 
  

   his 
  native 
  district, 
  writes 
  us 
  that 
  the 
  Blind 
  Worm, 
  or 
  Slow 
  Worm 
  

   (Anguis 
  fragilis), 
  is 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  North 
  of 
  Scotland 
  ; 
  but 
  they 
  occur 
  

   in 
  widely 
  separated 
  areas, 
  showing 
  that 
  their 
  distribution 
  is 
  pro- 
  

   bably 
  much 
  more 
  general 
  than 
  actually 
  ascertained. 
  Another 
  from 
  

   the 
  Braes 
  of 
  Gight 
  (Dee), 
  just 
  over 
  our 
  watershed, 
  is 
  also 
  in 
  the 
  

   Elgin 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Order 
  CHELONIA. 
  

   Family 
  CHELONID^:. 
  

   Thalassochelys 
  caretta 
  (L.). 
  Logger-headed 
  Turtle. 
  

  

  A 
  specimen, 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  1 
  Ringed-back 
  Turtle 
  (Testudo 
  

   caretta),' 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Edward 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  captured 
  in 
  a 
  

   salmon-net 
  at 
  Greenside, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  Macdutf, 
  and 
  was 
  

   presented 
  to 
  the 
  Banff 
  Museum 
  by 
  the 
  Earl 
  of 
  Fife. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  of 
  wide 
  range, 
  being 
  found 
  in 
  tropical 
  and 
  sub- 
  

   tropical 
  seas, 
  including 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  and 
  has 
  been 
  captured 
  

   on 
  the 
  Devonshire 
  coast. 
  

  

  