6*03 ANGUINE SIREN. 



tarn bene caderet, nee a scopo veritatis plane aber- 

 raret." Schneid. Amph.fasc. 1. p. 41. 



It remains to be added, that the Siren, if thrown 

 on the ground with any degree of violence, has 

 been observed to break in two or three places ; in 

 this particular resembling the Anguis fragilis or 

 Slow-Worm. It is also proper to observe, that 

 no Lizard of which it may be supposed the Larva, 

 has ever yet been discovered in those parts of Ca- 

 rolina where it is most frequent. The species to 

 which it seems most allied is the Lacerta Teguixin 

 of Linnaeus, which is a native of South America. 



ANGUINE SIREN. 



Siren Anguina. S. quadrupes, corpore anguillcefornri, branchiis 



ramosis. 



Four-footed Siren with eel-shaped body, and ramified branchia?. 

 Proteus anguinus. Laurenti Spec. Med. p. 37. t. 4.f. 3. 

 Austrian Siren. 



THIS singular animal is found in as singular a 

 situation ; being an inhabitant of the celebrated 

 and romantic Lake called Lake Zirknitz*, about 

 six German miles from Labac, in the Dutchy of 

 Curniola in Austria. From this lake, which is 

 somewhat more than a German mile in length, 

 and half as much in breadth, the water regularly 

 retires during the summer, by numerous subtcr- 



* Lugca I'alus of the ancients. 



