298 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
in strong spirits, would be an acceptable donation to our National 
Institution. The species is quite common at Chancery Lane, 
though I was informed that the Mongoose had taken to devouring 
it. Sir R. Schomburgk, in his ‘History of Barbados’ (p. 679), 
gives a list of ten species of Lizards as occurring in Barbados; 
he simply enumerates a certain number of species, without giving 
any particulars. Iam afraid that little or no reliance is to be 
placed upon this formal catalogue. 
The little Tree-frog, Hylodes martinicensis, Tschudi, is un- 
doubtedly a very recent introduction ; twenty years ago, as I am 
credibly informed, it was quite unknown. It is now spread over 
the entire island, and until the ear gets accustomed or deadened 
to it, the monotonous incessant chirping of this Frog throughout 
the night, during rainy weather, is enough to drive a person 
distracted. This Frog is found in Martinique, St. Kitts, Saba, 
Dominica, and Porto Rico, and doubtless in many others of the 
islands. Its transport to Barbados, along with plants, or by the 
direct agency of man, was to be expected. 
There can be no question that the Toad in Barbados, Bufo 
marinus, L., vel B. agua, Daud., is an importation of recent years. 
Schomburgk, writing in 1848, notes :—‘‘ I have been assured that 
this species, which is so common in Demerara, was introduced 
from thence about fifteen years ago. It has increased most 
rapidly, and is now to be met with in as large numbers as in 
Demerara.” There is certainly no falling off in the stock at the 
present time, as this Toad is ubiquitous throughout the island and 
countless. It is found in the islands of Grenada, St. Lucia, 
St. Kitts, Martinique, Montserrat, Jamaica, and Nevis, into all of 
which islands it has probably been introduced either by accident 
or on purpose, for it is said to be an exterminator of mice and 
to keep off rats. 
I have already recorded in this magazine (1888, p. 236) the 
interesting fact of an Alligator being transported alive on the 
trunk of a tree from the continent of South America to Barbados 
in 1886. I do not refer to the marine reptiles which frequent 
the shores of Barbados, because their visits do not possess the 
same z00-geographical interest as the question of the introduction 
of the terrestrial ones. 
