446 LORD LILFORD ON THE BREEDING [Juile 1, 



series of spines on the tail, the two central ones being much smaller, 

 while the outer ones are of extraordinary size and appearance. The 

 inferior surface of the tail is occupied by smooth elongate scales in 

 about 17 transverse rows, a very large, flat, uuguicular plate at the 

 commencement of each alternate row accompanying each of the large 

 lateral hooks just described, but belonging to the lower surface of the 

 tail. 



As regards the teeth, this species exhibits the arrangement cha- 

 racteristic of the Lizards of this group. There are two very distinct 

 front teeth in each jaw, then a cutting-edge, followed by a series of 

 lateral teeth. 



The general colour of the body is olive-grey, with brownish tints, 

 and minute darker spots scattered over the back ; hind limbs reddish 

 on their outer surfaces ; tail deep red ; chin variegated with dark 

 markings. 



The measurements are as follows : — 



millims. 

 Length from tip of snout to extremity of tail .... 190 



of tail 61 



of fore limb 52 



of fourth front toe 14 



of third front toe 12 



of hind limb 67 



of fourth hind toe 17 



of third hind toe 14 



6. On the Breeding of the Flamingo in Southern Spain. By 

 Thomas Lyttleton, Lord Lilford, F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived June 1,1880.] 



Having during the summer and autumn of last year (1879) re- 

 ceived the two nests now on the table and some four dozen eggs of 

 the Flamingo {Phoenicopterus antiquorum) from Southern Spain, I 

 think that some remarks of my own, and a few extracts from letters 

 on the subject, may be of some interest to the Society. 



The notes of Mr. Howard Saunders on the nesting of the Flamingo 

 (in the 'Ibis 'for 1871, p. 394) are probably well known to all present 

 who take an interest in European ornithology. Mr. Saunders also 

 exhibited some eggs of this species from Andalucia, at a meeting of 

 this Society on June 24, 1869 ; but, so far as I am aware, these are 

 the first nests of this bird which have reached this country. Exactly 

 the same story as that recorded by Saunders about the nests, 

 eggs, and manner of sitting of the Flamingo was related to me, 

 and repeated at various times, by his informant, Manuel Llanos, of 

 Coria del Rio, a village situated on the right bank of the Guadal- 

 quivir, some seven or eight miles below Seville. This individual is 

 the possessor of a house in Coria, with a few acres of vineyard at a 



