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REPTILIA. 
Pelias berus (Zinn.). ADDER. 
Abundant in most suitable localities, though not very often 
seen, 
Lacerta vivipara, Jacg. COMMON LizaRD. 
Generally distributed, and abundant in all the moorland 
districts. 
Anguis fragilis, Zinn. Stow Worm. 
Fairly common, but local. Abundant at Shieldaig, where 
it is often seen lying on the roads. 
AMPHIBIA. 
Molge palmata (Scin.). PALMATED NEwT. 
The only newt as yet recognised in the district. Found in 
Loch Coire nan Faradh, Applecross. Also observed in Strath- 
carron. 
Bufo vulgaris, Zaw7. ComMMON Toap. 
Common, and generally distributed. Most abundant in 
the wooded districts. 
Rana temporaria, Zinn. COMMON FROG. 
Universally distributed, and found high up on the 
mountain sides. 
XXXII. On the Geographical Distribution of Tropical Diseases 
in Africa. By R. W. FELKIN, M.D., F.RS.E., F.R.GS. 
[Plate XI.] 
(Read 18th April 1894.) 
The origin of this paper was a request from the committee 
of the African Ethnological Congress, at the World’s Fair 
in Chicago, that I should lecture for them on “ Disease 
and Medicine in Africa.” In preparing that paper, I 
was desirous of illustrating the climatology of Africa and 
the distribution of disease on a map, and the one which 
accompanies this paper was the result of my endeavours. 
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