forked, as in the generality of lizards, but is broad, 
flat, and rounded. The teeth rather fmall than 
large, fomewhat obtufe, and fhort. The colour of 
the animal is a pale yellowifh brown, with a long 
patch or mark of very deep brown or blackifh on 
each fide the neck* The fides are alfo tinged with 
the fame colour, and the tail more deeply fo than 
the fides. In a much fmaller fpecimen of the fame 
animal the tail had the appearance of being fafciated 
with a number of tranfverfe bars of deep brown. 
In fome fpecimens the tail, towards the end, is fur¬ 
nished with a fort of procefs or appendage, refem- 
bling a Secondary tail, as it were, and it has been 
imagined that this might be a fexual diftindlion; 
and perhaps peculiar to the male: but it feems infi¬ 
nitely more probable that fuch an appearance is 
owing to mere accident; it being a well-known 
fadt that the tails of lizards, when injured, or mu¬ 
tilated by accidental violence, frequently reproduce 
in different directions; of which numerous exam¬ 
ples may be feen in the w r orks of natural hiftorians. 
The Scincoid Lizard is a native of New Holland, 
and is commonly about eighteen inches in length. 
