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11. FISHES. 



The species of Fishes now exhibited in the tanks are- 



1. Conger vulgaris. 



2. Platessa flesus. 



3. Motella vulgaris. 



4. Salmo fario. 



5. Esox lucius. 



6. Cobitis barbatula. 



7. Leuciscus phoxinus. 



8. vulgaris. 



9. rutUus. 



10. Abramis brama. 



11. Tinea vulgaris. 



12. Gobio fluviatilis. 



13. Barbus vulgaris. 



14. Cyprinus carpio. 



15. auratus. 



16. gibelio. 



17. Crenilabrus comubicus. 



18. Zoarcus viviparus. 



19. Blennius galerita. 



20. Mugil capito. 



21. Gasterosteus leiurus. 

 22. trachurus. 



23, Perca fluviatilis. 



III. REPTILES. 



Up to the year 1848, the only attempt which had been 

 made to familiarize the visitors with the structure and 

 habits of the class Reptilia was by the occasional dis- 

 play of a pair of Pythons, which were kept closely covered 

 in a box of limited dimensions in one of the smaller pro- 

 visional houses for Carnivora in the North Garden. 



In 1849 the Council opened a building of considerable 

 dimensions for the exhibition of Reptiles, on a plan en- 

 tirely novel in this country, and the interest with which 

 it was received by visitors very soon induced them to 

 extend the glass cases to double their length, and finally 

 to construct a second house for the great Pythons, which 

 require a much more ample area for their display. 



The series now includes — 



BATRACHIA. 



1. Proteus anguinus. 



2. Amphiuma tridaetylum. 



3. Salamandra maculosa. 



4. nigra. 



5. Triton cristatus. 



6. punctatus. 



7. Amblystoma luridum. 



8. Hyla viridis. 



a. Viperidee. 



1. Crotalus durissus. 



2. Clotho arietp.ns. 



9. Hyla cyanea. 



10. Bufo viridis. 



11. calaraita. 



12. pantberinus. 



13. Bombinator igneus. 



14. Rana esculenta. 

 15. mugiens. 



REPTILIA. 

 1. Ophidia. 



3. Naia liaje. 



4. tripudians. 



5. Cenchris piscivorus. 



