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as for example, when the jaguar is called 'tiger' (which 

 Waterton explains, using either term indifferently), or 

 when he applies the familiar name of chameleon to one of 

 the Anolis lizards, the chameleons being exclusively inha- 

 bitants of tlie Old World. Similarly, in North America the 

 bison is called the buffalo, and the puma is termed the lion. 

 In Australia the nomenclature of the colonists looks like 

 Zoology gone mad. In that country, the mammalia are, 

 ■with one doubtful example, marsupials. Yet, we read of 

 the monkey, the bear, the wolf, the tiger, the cat, the rat, 

 the mouse, the badger, the jerboa, the hare, the sloth, the 

 mole, and the hedgehog, not one of these animals really 

 belonging to Australia. So, in these cases, unless we have 

 the scientific as well as the local names, whether native or 

 imported, we shall find ourselves entirely bewildered. 



With Waterton's views concerning what he happily terms 

 ' complimentary nomenclature,' I unreservedly agree, and 

 have often written strongly on the subject. Waterton, 

 after noticing that in a single volume on birds, no less 

 than thirteen species have the names of men, makes the 

 following witty remarks. 



" In the plates to the first volume of his work, I find 

 that a hawk is called the ' Black Warrior,' and that the 

 Latin name which he has given it is ' Falco Harlani.' 

 Pray, who or what is ' Harlani ' ? A man, a mountain, 

 or a mud-flat ? Is ' Black Warrior ' a Negro of pug- 

 nacious propensities ? " 



Now we come to the last scenes of Waterton's life, for 

 which we are indebted to his friend Dr. N. Moore, who 

 was staying with him at the time. The full account may be 

 seen in the volume of Essays to which reference has been 

 made, and is well worth reading. Briefly, it is as follows. 



He had gone, accompanied by Dr. Moore, to the further 



