52 MUSEUMS. 
spatula, Lepidosteus platyostomus, and Amia calva. Received 
in exchange from Dr. Bashford Dean, American Museum of 
Natural History, New York, U.S.A. 
Amphibia. 
Presented : 
About 60 living Newts, from Orrell, by Mr. Harold Wright, 
32, Diana Road, Orrell, Bootle. 
Three Salamanders (two Salamandra maculosa and one indet.), 
four European Tree Frogs (Hyla arborea), three Natterjack Toads, 
one Newt (Triton cristatus), and bottle containing Newts, by 
Mr. G. Y. Elton, 35, Parkfield Road, Aigburth, Liverpool. 
American Bull Frog (2ana mugiens), by Dr. J. H. O’Connell, 
Heathfield Road, Wavertree, Liverpool. 
Purchased : 
Ten Tree Frogs (Hyla arborea). 
Reptiles. 
Presented : 
Tortoise (Podocnemis sertuberculatus), by Mrs. Shimmin, 
4, Harold Street, Egremont. 
Carapace of Turtle, from Sassandra, by Mr. P. E. Quainoo, 
Sassandra, W. Africa, per Mr. A. Ridyard. 
Lizard (Lacerta ocellata), by Mr. Bowe. 
Two living Turtles, by Mr. Eric Hamilton, 92, Huskisson Street, 
Liverpool. 
Sand Lizard, from Blundellsands, by Mr. R. Prince. 
Gecko, by Mr. T. Jones, 5, Fulford Terrace, Liverpool. 
Two Snakes, from the York Town Heights, Hudson River, New 
York, by Capt. Turner, R.M.S. ‘‘ Mauretania,’’ Cunard S.S. Co., 
Liverpool. 
Hardwick’s Mastigure (Uromastix hardwickii), by Dr. J. H. 
O’Connell, Heathfield Road, Wavertree. 
