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AVES. 
Genus 12 .—MASTIGURA. — Fleming. 
Generic Character. —Destitute of palate teeth ; scales of the 
body smooth, and of uniform size ; tail scales larger and spinous; 
spiracles under the thighs. 
Mastigura spinipes. — Spiny-Footed Mastigura. 
Body ventricose, grass-green, covered with very small scales; 
tail spinous above, and also on the thighs. Three feet long. 
Inhabits Egypt— Geoffroy, Rept. Egypt , pi. 2. fig. 2. 
Genus 13.—A GAM A.— Daudin. 
Generic Character. — Head tumid; skin of the throat wrinkled 
transversely, and capable of being inflated; body oblong, ven¬ 
tricose, covered with small carinated scales, raised into rough 
tubercles ; longer near the ears. 
Agama muricata. — Muricated Agama. 
Plate LXX. fig. 4. 
Brownish-gray; upper parts with transverse dusky bars, 
which are most conspicuous on the legs and tail; scales all muri¬ 
cated; tail very long. Twelve inches long. Inhabits New 
South Wales. 
Genus 14.—TRAPELUS.-— Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Head tumid; body oblong; scales small, 
smooth, without any appearance of spines. 
Trapelus AEgypticus. —Geoffroy, Rept. Eg. pi. 5. fig. 3, 4. 
Genus 15. — CALOTES. — Cuvier. 
Generic Character. —Scales on the body imbricated, with 
marginal edges; ridge of the back furnished with a longitudinal 
carina, extending to the middle of the tail. 
Calotes vulgaris. — The Common Galeote. 
Bright blue, variegated with transverse white bands; with 
serrated scales behind the ears. Eighteen inches long. Inhabits 
India. — Shaw's Zool. III. pi. 64. 
Genus 16.—LOPHYRUS.— Dumeril. 
Generic Character. —Scales on the body, having the appear- 
