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through its cage having inadvertently been exposed 

 for too long an interval to the sun's direct rays, and, 

 as it happened, before any confirmatory evidence 

 could be obtained concerning the remarkable ambu- 

 latory attitude of the species as is here placed on 

 record of the West Australian examples. On the 

 voyage home in the "Glengarry" from Singapore 

 the several specimens were, while within the tropics, 

 allowed a daily constitutional run on deck at the 

 end of a liberally long tether, their liberty being as 

 highly appreciated by themselves as was the sight of 

 their strange gait and attitudes by an interested circle 

 of fellow voyagers. 



It is worthy of note that the habits of Chlamy- 

 dosaurus were found to be strictly diurnal and in that 

 respect contrary to those of the large arboreal Monitors 

 or Varani which, as is well known, take advantage of 

 the dark hours of the night in outlying settlements 

 for visiting and robbing the henroosts of both eggs 

 and young chickens. The Frilled Lizard is guilty of 

 no such nefarious practices and retires to rest with 

 the sun, creeping into a hollow log or clinging 

 perpendicularly to a tree-trunk or other suitable 

 support in the attitudes indicated in the top corner 

 illustration of this 

 This picture 



page. 



portrays a fine pair 

 that shared for a while, 

 with the author, the 

 accommodation of a 

 mosquito-proof room 

 in the verandah of 

 Mr. G. S. Streeter's 

 establishment at 

 Broome. 



W. Sacille-Kfnf, Photo. 



