Draco volans. Flying Lizard. Head fmall and convex: three 
pointed fkins hang from the throat, the middle one the longeft: 
body {lender: from each fide extends a broad rounded fkin, de¬ 
tached from the legs, and (Lengthened by fix pliable rays: tail 
long and {lender: five toes to each foot. 
The wings of this Lizard appear to be like thofe of the Flying 
Squirrel, defigned rather to act as fails, in leaping from tree to tree, 
than to be ufed as wings. It inhabits the Eaft Indies, whete it 
perches on trees: is oviperous. 
