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t'koto: A. A. U'httt. 



mi. \\KI\HI.K MONITOR (Varanus) 



The monitors are the largest of existing lizards, the Australian 

 species represented in the photograph attaining a length of four feet. 

 It has a brown colour with yellow spots, and in spite "of its size it 

 is not conspicuous against certain backgrounds, such as the bark of 

 a tree. 



