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informs us that his example was taken in the chart drawer at 

 the Government Residence, and that he has since seen another 

 specimen about the grounds. During a subsequent conversation 

 with Ml'. Woodford, in Sydney, he told me that when disturbed 

 this Gecko walks very high upon its legs, and curves its tail over 

 its back in a menacing mannei*. The Queensland locality must, 

 I think, be accepted with some reservation ; Cooktown is 

 the port of call for vessels trading to New Guinea, the 

 Louisiades and the Solomon Group and it seems highl}' probable 

 that the Lizard was obtained by some trader and taken to Cook- 

 town, whence it passed into the hands of Mr. Agassiz's collectors. 

 Further evidence will be required of the occurrence of this species 

 in Australia before it will be safe to admit it as an undoubted 

 membei' of our fauna. 



On March 19th, more than two months after the above was 

 penned, I received a letter from Mr. E. A. C. Olive : he writes : — "I 

 have your letter of February 3rd with sketch of reptile enclosed. 

 I think I must have obtained the original from New Guinea, as 

 I do not recognise it as one of our local lizards, and I remember 

 receiving a variety of specimens from that place." 



