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reached their camp, and enjoyed a hearty supper, and with a 

 good fire at our feet, wet as we were we put in a very good 

 night or the remainder of it, joining the rest of the party at 

 the depot camp next day. I should like to give you some 

 account of " Moose Calling " in the autumn months, and wild 

 goose and duck shooting, as well as some further account of 

 winter hunting &c, but I am afraid I have trespassed upon your 

 kindness a great deal too long already and must conclude. 



" KAWANICK." 



6th April, 1894. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE REPTILES AND 

 BATRACHIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TRINIDAD. 



By R. R. Mole and F. W. Urich. 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO NEW SPECIES 

 By Professor Dr. O. Boettger. 



THE present list has been prepared with the intention which 

 actuated Mr. Oldfield Thomas when he wrote the 

 Preliminary List of Mammals viz : to bring together all the 

 records of the Reptiles and Batrachians which have been pub- 

 lished as occurring in Trinidad and which are scattered through 

 various books and papers, many of which are difficult of access, 

 and to so form a basis on which a complete scientific list may be 

 formed. During the last four years we have collected as much 

 material as possible, so that with very few exceptions all the 

 species here mentioned have been examined by Professor Dr. 

 Boettger and Mr. G. A. Boulenger of the British Museum (the latter 

 through the kindness of the Zoological Society of London) and to 

 these gentlemen we are indebted for a great deal of assistance. 

 Professor Dr. Boettger, especially, has helped us considerably, not 

 only in examining specimens, but also in looking up records in 

 literature which is not available to us. 



In his book on Trinidad Dr. de Verteuil gives a list of 26 

 reptiles, but the species of most of these are not to be recognised, 

 except by the local names. This excellent work contains some 

 biological notes of interest, to which we would call attention. 

 It was our purpose to have added some similar notes to this 

 paper, but subsequent consideration decided us to make it merely 



