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Bryant reported that the natives about the village at Mangrove Cay hunted 

 the "guana" regularly with dogs as an esteemed article of food. I have, in fact, 

 seen specimens brought to the market at Nassau on several occasions, — always 

 said to be from Mangrove Cay. The natives twist loose one of the animals 

 claws, and drawing out the sinew attached to it, are thus able to tie the animal's 

 feet together over its back, so that it is helpless. In the markets at Panama 

 heaps of helpless individuals of the common edible Iguana {Iguana iguana) may 

 be seen any day tied up in this way, and they find a ready sale at from five to 

 ten cents each (U. S. currency). The females full of eggs being most esteemed. 



Cyclura rileyi Stejneoer. 

 Stejneger, Proc. Biol. soc. Wash., 1903, 16, p. 129. Rosen, Lunds uiiiv. areskrift, 1911, 7, no. 5, p. 36. 



Known only from Watling's Island. The field notes quoted by Stejneger 

 show that C. V. Riley, who discovered this species, found it common on two 

 small cays in the large saltwater lagoon on Watling's Island. The larger island 

 of these two is known locally as Iguana Cay. This Museum's collection now 

 contains one of Riley's original series. 



Cyclura cornuta (Bonnaterre). 



BoNNATERRE, Tabl. pncyc. erp6t., 1789, p. 40, pi. 4, fig. 4. Stejneger, Rcpt. IT. S. nat. mus. for 1902, 

 1904, p. 070, fig. 122-126. 



The Rhinoceros Iguana is found upon Haiti, Mona, and Navassa Islands. 

 Stejneger has discussed the status of this species so fully that there is no object 

 in going into it here, since no new material has come to hand. Thq question as 

 to whether this name embraces more than a single species must be left until many 

 additional specimens can be studied. 



, Cyclura carinata Harlan. 



Harlan, Journ. Acad. nat. sci. Phila., 1824, 4, p. 242, 250, pi. 15. Cope, Proc. U. S. nat. nius., 1887, 10, 

 p. 437. 



A very distinct species, confined to Turk's Island. Stejneger and Rosen 

 agree as to the status of this species, which was first pointed out by Cope with 

 relation to its congeners. There is a topotype in the Museum collected by Prof. 

 A. S. Bickmore, so that I have been able to make an actual comparison with 

 some of the other species. 



