46 TESTUDOPOLYPHEMUS. 



In the twelfth edition, Linnaeus quotes in addition Gronovius,* "Testudo pedibus 

 digitatis," &c., which description agrees better with the Box Tortoise than with 

 the Gopher; and it is not improbable that Gronovius received it from Clayton, of 

 Virginia, with whom he was in constant correspondence. Why Linnaeus should 

 have given an additional reference to Seba,t at the same time retaining the refer- 

 ence to Edwards, is not known, especially as Seba's plate bears no resemblance 

 to that of the former, being a larger animal and drawn with a tail. 



Gmelin, in his edition of the Systema Naturae, besides retaining the description 

 and reference of Linnaeus, adds a longer description of his own; and here perhaps, 

 Leconte is right, in supposing that he may have had our animal in view, as the 

 description corresponds more nearly, and cannot be applied to the Box Tortoise. 

 Still however, the name Carolina cannot be retained, as it had been previously 

 applied by Linnaeus to another species. 



* Gron. Zooph. 17. n. 17. tSeba, mus. i. t. 80. f. 1. 



