﻿REPTILES. 
  

  

  197 
  

  

  said 
  that 
  " 
  a 
  professor 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Edinburgh 
  had 
  

   dissected 
  a 
  Green 
  Lizard 
  brought 
  by 
  a 
  botanical 
  party 
  from 
  

   the 
  Clova 
  Mountains," 
  yet, 
  even 
  with 
  this 
  before 
  us, 
  the 
  

   matter 
  remains 
  under 
  some 
  degree 
  of 
  uncertainty. 
  Still, 
  I 
  am 
  

   in 
  the 
  belief 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  the 
  Green 
  Lizard 
  in 
  " 
  Dee." 
  

   In 
  1850, 
  while 
  wandering 
  in 
  the 
  wood 
  of 
  Arnhead, 
  parish 
  of 
  

   Auchterless, 
  a 
  newly-killed 
  Lizard 
  was 
  found 
  lying 
  upon 
  the 
  

   stump 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  cut 
  down 
  the 
  previous 
  day. 
  

   This 
  Lizard 
  was 
  different 
  from 
  others 
  I 
  had 
  seen 
  and 
  caught 
  

   the 
  same 
  day, 
  the 
  difference 
  being 
  that 
  the 
  dorsal 
  surface 
  was 
  

   studded 
  with 
  patches 
  of 
  bright 
  shining 
  green, 
  the 
  under 
  

   surface 
  being 
  orange 
  yellow, 
  showing 
  a 
  striking 
  contrast 
  to 
  

   the 
  more 
  numerous 
  common 
  variety. 
  As 
  the 
  specimen 
  was 
  

   not 
  preserved, 
  however, 
  nothing 
  is 
  proved 
  by 
  this, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  

   merely 
  mentioned 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  of 
  causing 
  observers 
  to 
  be 
  on 
  

   the 
  outlook 
  for 
  any 
  form 
  of 
  Lizard 
  showing 
  similar 
  markings. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  here 
  be 
  mentioned 
  that 
  around 
  Aberdeen 
  various 
  

   species 
  of 
  Lizards 
  may 
  yet 
  be 
  found, 
  as 
  has 
  already 
  

   happened, 
  several 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  come 
  under 
  my 
  notice. 
  

   These, 
  however, 
  have 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  been 
  obtained 
  about 
  

   Aberdeen 
  Harbour, 
  where 
  esparto 
  grass 
  had 
  been 
  imported, 
  

   and 
  about 
  Waterton 
  Works, 
  where 
  this 
  material 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  

   the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  paper. 
  

  

  In 
  Edward's 
  Beptiles 
  of 
  Banffshire, 
  p. 
  10, 
  is 
  the 
  following 
  : 
  

   "We 
  now 
  come 
  to 
  our 
  Heath 
  Lizards. 
  ... 
  Of 
  these 
  we 
  

   have 
  two 
  kinds, 
  the 
  Green 
  (Lacerta 
  vivijiara) 
  and 
  the 
  Sand 
  

   Lizard 
  (L. 
  agilis). 
  I 
  have 
  come 
  across 
  both. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  The 
  

   Green 
  Lizard 
  is 
  the 
  more 
  plentiful 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  with 
  us." 
  

  

  CATAPHRACTA. 
  

  

  Order 
  CHELONIA. 
  

  

  Family 
  CHELONIDiE. 
  

  

  Genus 
  CHELONIA. 
  

  

  Chelonia 
  imbricata, 
  Sckw. 
  Hawks-bill 
  Turtle. 
  

  

  "A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  a 
  salmon 
  net 
  at 
  

   Pennan, 
  August 
  1st, 
  1861, 
  and 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Anderson, 
  

   1 
  Trinity 
  Quay, 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  that 
  gentleman 
  presented 
  it 
  to 
  

  

  