CARETTA IMBRICATA. 441 



Testudo caretta, KNORR, Delic. nat. II, 1767, 124. Tab. xxx. CATESB. Nat. Hist. 

 Carol. II. 1771, 39. Tab. xxxix. BONNAT. Encycl. meth. Erpe"t. 1789, 21. PI. iv, 

 fig. 1. BAUD. Hist. nat. Kept. II, 1805, 39. PI. xvn, fig. 2. 



Chelonia imbricata, SCHW. Prodr. Monogr. Chelon. in Arch. Koenigsb. I, 1812, 291 

 & 408. MAXIMIL. Beytr. Naturg. Bras. I, 1825, 24. GRAVENH. Delic. Mus. Zool. 

 Vratisl. I, 1829. 6. Tab. I, fig. 2. WAGL. Naturl. Syst. Amph. 1830, 133. GRAY, 

 Synops. Kept, in Gn'f. Anim. Kingd. IX, 1831, 52. BUM. & BIBR. Erpe't. gen. II, 

 1835, 548. TEMM. & SCHLEG. in Sleb. Faun. Japon. Erpe't. 1838, 13. Tab. v, figs. 

 1 & 2. HOLBR. N. Amer. Herp. II, 1842, 39. PI. vii. TSCH. Faun. Peruan. Herp. 

 1845, 22. BELL, Hist. Brit. Kept. 1849, 1 (vignette). 



Caretta imbricata, MERR. Tent. Syst. Amph. 1820, 19. GRAY, Catal. Tort. Croc. & 

 Amphisb. Brit. Mus. 1844, 53 ; &, Catal. ShieW. Kept. Brit. Mus. I, 1855, 74. 



Chelonia multisciitata, KUHL, Beytr. Zool. & vergl. Anat. 1820, 78. 



Eretmochelys imbricata, FITZ. Syst. Kept. I, 1843, 30. AGASS. Contr. nat. Hist. 

 U. S. Amer. I, 1857, 381. 



Tesludo marina americana, SEBA, Thes. nat. I, 1734. Tab. LXXX, fig. 9. 



Tesludinis marinae pullus, SEBA, Thes. nat. I, 1734. Tab. LXXIX, fig. 6. 



La Tortue Caret, DuiERT. Hist. gen. Antil. II, 1662, 229. BONNAT. Encycl. meth. 

 Erpet. 1789, 21. 



S:aled tortoise-shell, GREW, Mus. Reg. Soc. 1681, 38. Tab. m, fig. 4. 



Le Caret, LABAT, Voy. aux Isles de 1'Amer. I, 1722, 304. LACEP. Quadr. ovip. I, 

 1788, 105. Tab. n. Cuv. Regn. anim. II, 1817, 13 ; 2d ed. II, 1829, 13; &, ed. 

 illustr. Kept. 19. Bosc, in NOUT. diet, d'hist. nat. XXXIV, 1819, 255. 



La tuilee, DAUB. Diet. Eucycl. 



The Hatck'tbill Turtle, BROWNE, Civil and Xat. Hist, of Jamaica, 1756, 465. CATESB. 

 Nat. Hist. Carol. II, 1771, 39. Tab. xxxix. 



La Chelonee Caret, LESS, in Belang. Voy. Ind. Orient. Zool. 1834, 300. 



OBSERV. -The above specific characters are derived from the " Erpe- 

 tologie generale." The synonymy is given for the reasons already 

 stated, that the history of this species is interwoven with that of Ca- 

 retta squamosa. 



LOG. Atlantic Ocean : West Indies especially. 



In the Zoology of Belanger's " Voyage aux Indes Orientates," pp. 

 301 & 302, Lesson mentions, as occurring in the Atlantic Ocean : 



1. Chelonia pscudocaretta (La Chelone'e faux Caret), and, 

 '2. Chelonia bicarinata (La Chelone'e a sternum bicareoe). 



But his descriptions of the same are so inaccurate as to leave us in 



doubt regarding the true affinities of these Turtles. 



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