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DR. J. ANDERSON ON TESTUDO PHAYREI. 



[May 2, 



state, after a careful examination of the type of T. phayrei in this 

 museum, that it is a true Testudo. I enclose two drawings, one of 

 the sternum (fig. 1 ) and another of the carapax (fig. 2) of the typical 

 specimen, and a sketch of the sternum of the imperfect specimen 



Fig. 1. 



Sternum of Testudo pliayrei. 



on which Mr. Theobald grounded his remarks ; and these drawings 

 will prove that I am correct in referring the species to the genus 

 Testudo. 



With regard to Blyth's type of T. phayrei, I may mention that it 

 is still in this museum, in a perfect state, and that it was referred 



