AS A NATURALIST 
I AMPHIBIA REPTILIA 
i Lacerta vulgaris 
The Newt, or Wall-Newt 
Sole occidente, Septembri exeunte, in gramine cepi Cantabrigi^. 
Caput supra depressum, oculis prominentibus. Color livide flave- 
scens, fascia ad dorsum utrinque longitudinali fused. Cutis (lente 
j visa) scabriuscula apparet. In aqud ope caud^ agitatae celeriter 
natare potest, nee tamen libenter. r ^q^ t 
AMPHIBIA NANTES 
Raja 
The Ray, Skate, or Flaire 
Testcl^ illae parallelogrammi oblongi figura, quarum longiora 
latera sandapilae aut vehieuli manualis in modum utrinque ex- 
tensa sunt, ^stu marino ejeetae in arenosis frequentes littoribus, 
nihil aliud sunt quam ovorum test^ Raiarum, aliorumq piseium 
cartilagineorum: aperto Raiae utero bina hujusmodi ova perfecte 
formata et partui proxima exemimus (Wilhghby, p. 76). These 
on the coast of Durham are calPd Sea-Purses, & in Cornwall Piz- 
gee's ii.e.) Fairie's Purses. They are of a tough membranaceous 
substance more flexible than horn, but stifFer than leather: their 
colour is a dark reddish-brown, and shining (on the inside) like 
satten. 
[p. 231.] 
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