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blue bird need not- necessarily be adduced as an argument 
for the recent geological origin of the former. The Bermuda 
catbird (Galeoscoptes bermudianus), though closely resem¬ 
bling the continental species, is considered distinct by Messrs. 
Bangs and Bradlee and by Dr. Sharpe. Finally, the Bermuda 
cardinal (Cardinalis bermudianus) can at once be identified 
from its continental relative by its characteristic bill. 
Dr. Wallace alludes to the Bermudan lizard as being the 
only vertebrate animal which exhibits any peculiarity. But 
much more can be said about it. It is a member of the family 
of skinks (Scincidae), which is of cosmopolitan range and 
undoubtedly of great age. The Bermudan skink (Eumeces 
longirostris) is said to be nearly related to the American blue¬ 
t-ailed lizard (Eumeces quinquelineatns), still we must remem¬ 
ber that the latter has long been considered identical with the 
Japanese skink (Eumeces latiscutatus) from which it can 
be separated only by very careful study.* * * § It may safely be 
argued, therefore, that the Bermudan skink has originated in 
early Tertiary times (compare pp. 123—126). 
Dr. Rehn f records twenty-eight species of Orthoptera, two 
of them, viz., Paroxya bermudensis and Gryllus bermudensis, 
being peculiar to the island. If we exclude the cosmopolitan 
and circumtropical forms which the author regards as prob¬ 
ably introduced by commerce, the remainder are more closely 
related to continental than to Antillean species. 
Only a single ant is peculiar to Bermuda, viz., Prenolepis 
kincaidi, because some of the more active recently introduced 
warlike species have no doubt exterminated the greater part 
of the older resident ant fauna. J 
Mr. Pocock § recognised two species of myriopods from 
Bermuda as doubtfully distinct, though he described them as 
new species. These are Lithobius provocator and Lithobius 
bermudensis. Altogether he believes that only six species 
of centipedes and millipedes are native to Bermuda, and that 
three of them belong unquestionably to the Mediterranean 
* Garman, Sam, “ Reptiles of Bermuda,” p. 287. 
t Rehn, J. A. G., “Orthoptera of Bermuda,” p. 3. 
\ Wheeler, W. M., “Ants of Bermuda,” p. 347. 
§ Pocoek, R f I., “ Myriopoda of the Challenger Expedition,” pp. 123— 
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