BRITISH REPTILES. 



TESTUDINATA. 



CHELONIADJE. 



Genus, Chelonia. Brongn. 



Generic Character. — Dorsum large, depressed, somewhat heart-shaped, covered 

 with horny plates; feet depressed, fin-shaped. 



HAWK'S-BILL TURTLE. 



Chelonia imbricata. Schweig. 



Specific Character. — Dorsal plates thirteen, free at the margins, imbricated. 



Testudo imbricata, Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 350, sp. 2. Schneid. Schildkr. p. 509. 



Penn. Faun. Ind. p. 87. Latr. Hist. Rept. I. p. 50. 



Daud. Hist. Rept. II. p. 39. 

 Chelonia imbricata, Schweig. Prod, in Archiv. Koenigsb. I. p. 291, et 408. 



Gray, Syn. Rept. p. 52, sp. 1. Bibron, Hist. Rept. II. 



p. 548, t. xxv. f. 2. Bonap. (Pr. Musign.) Syn. Chelon. 

 Huivksbill Turtle, Brown, Jamaic. p. 463. Catesb. Nat. Hist. Carol. II. 



p. 39, t. lix. 



