REPTILES OF BERMUDA. 299 



tined to become as rare in the waters of Florida and tlie West Indies 

 as they are now about the Bermudas. It woukl seem as if, with proper 

 protection by law, a creature which lays such a large number of eggs 

 and grows so rapidly might be propagated and multiplied to almost 

 any extent in regions growing their favorite food. We know of nothing 

 else for which their pastures are so available. What locality is better 

 situated than the Bermudas for a grand experiment in turtle culture? 

 Turtles hatch and take care of themselves if let alone. Any move- 

 ment that will protect them in the coui^ling and laying season and in 

 their early days, or that will reduce the number of their destroyers, 

 will tend to increase and cheai)en the supply. Possibly eggs might be 

 collected and hatched, the young guarded for a while, and set free 

 after the days of greatest mortality had passed and they had grown 

 too large and hard for the birds and smaller fishes. Eggs could be 

 imported. Perhaps some action has already been taken in regard to 

 the matter in the Bermudas and in the United States ; if not, the ques- 

 tion is respectfully suggested to the authorities as one wortliy their at- 

 tention. 



LIST OF THE SEA TURTLES (CHELONIOID^), WITH SYN- 

 ONYMY. 



Eretmochelys imbrtcata. Hawkbill. Caret. 



Hab. Tropical Atlantic. 



Chelonia (Eretmocheh/s) imhricata Fitz., 1843, Syst. Rept., 30. 



Eretmochelys imhricata Agassiz, 1857, Contr. i, 381 ; Goode, 1877, Am. Jonr. 

 Sci., xvi, 290. 



Testudo imhricata Linn., 1758 Syst. Eel. x, 1, 197 ; 1766, Syst. Nat., Ed. xii, 350; 

 Walb.,1782, Clielon., 4G, 110; Scbneid., 1783, ScLildkr., 309,-1786, Mag. Z. 

 Nat., -258; Gmeliii, 1788, Linn. Syst. Nat., i, 10.36; Donnd., 1798, Zool. Beitr., 

 3, p. 3 ; Sclioepir, 1792, Hist. Test., 83, pi. 18 A and B ; Latr., 1801, Hist. Rept., 

 i, p. 50; Shaw, 1802, Geu. Zool.,iii, 89, pi. 26 and 27; Daudin, 1805, Hist. 

 Rept., T, p. 39. 



Chelonia imhricata Scliweigg., 1814, Prodr. Monogr. Chelon., 21; Gravenb., 

 1829, Del. Mus. Vrat., I, 6; AVagl., 1830, Syst. Amph., 133; Gray, 1831, 

 Cataphracta, p. 52; Gray, 1831, Syu. Rept., Grill'. An. King., ix, p. 21; 

 Dum. Bibr., 1835, Erp. Geu., v, 547, pi. 23, f. 2; Bell, 1839, Brit. Rept., pp. 

 1 and 10; Holbr., 1842, N. A. Hcrp., ii, 39, pi. v; Coot. & Bibr., 1843, Rept. 

 Cuba, 28; Bell, 1849, Brit. Rept., pp. 1 and 11, lig. ; Dum., 1851, Cat. Metb., 

 25: Strauch, 1862, Cbelon. Stnd., 181; Sowerby & Lear, 1872, Tortoises, pi. 

 57 and 58 ; Temm. & Schl. 1838, Fauna Jap., Rept., p. 13. pi. V. f. 1, 2. 



Caretta imhricata Merr., 1820, Syst. Ampli., 19; Max., 1825, Beitr. Nat. Brazil, 

 i, 24; Fitz., 1826, Neue Class. Rept., 44; Bouap., 1836, Cbelon. Anal., 9; 

 Gray, 1844, Cat. Tort., 54; Gray, 1855, Cat. Sb. Rept., 74 (part); Gray, 1870, 

 Suppl. Cat. Sb. Rept., 119; Gray, 1873, Pr. Zool. Soc, 397; Gray, 1873, 

 Hand list, 92 ; Girard, 1858, U. S. Expl. Exp. Rept., p. 440. 



