6 VERTEBRATA. REPTILIA. 



have been strangely tenanted in those early periods 

 of our infant world."* 



Of this remarkable animal there are eight species 

 recognised, whose size varied from that of a Snipe to 

 that of a Cormorant. 



The Reptilia have been divided into four Orders, 

 founded chiefly on their organs of motion, and the 

 nature of their covering ; these, however, differ from 

 each other far more than any Orders of the Superior 

 Classes vary among themselves. 



* Geol. Trans. N. S. iii. part. i. 



