720 THE SECRETARY ON ADDITIONS TO THE MENAGERIE. [DcC. 19, 



collection. Mr. Garman writes to me as follows concerning this 

 collection : — 



" I ship by steamer leaving Boston, Octol)er 21, a box containing 

 6 HolbrooJiia maculala, 5 Sceloporus undulntus, var., 8 Phrifnosomx 

 dovghisii, 3 Pifyopkis sayi, 3 Ci-otalus confluentus, and 1 EtitfBnia 

 parietalis, from South-western Dakota ; and 1 Cistudo virginea from 

 N.E. Massachusetts. 



" The Holbrookia is common in certain localities in South-western 

 Dakota and North-western Nebraska. It is found on dry sandy 

 flats and hills of the Uplands. 



" Sceloporus is found in the same section, but generally along 

 grassy banks on the edges of gullies, in situations more moist than 

 those chosen by the preceding. 



" Phrynosnma was numerously represented here and there in re- 

 stricted localities near Sceloporus and Holbrookia. Most often it 

 was found on the sunny slopes along de[)ressions that had been 

 water-courses in the spring. Like the Holbrookia, they choose the 

 hottest and dustiest places they can find. Tlieir food in August 

 consisted principally of ants and Coleoptera. 



" Pityophis sayi, the ' Bull Snake,' is a common Serpent among 

 the sand-hills of Western Nebraska. 



" Crotalus confluentus was common in the Mauvaises Terres, but 

 rare in the sand-hills. Residents asserted that they did not occur 

 there ; but the discovery of three specimens afterwards proved these 

 assertions to be inaccurate. 



" EutcBnia parietalis is the common Water-Snake of the Dakota 

 bad lands. They were so tame as to take fish from our sides when we 

 were fishing, and would not let go even when the fish was taken in 

 hand and shaken vigorously. Box Turtles are rarely met with so 

 far north, though they have been taken in Maine." 



The following species in Mr. Garman's collection are new to 

 us : — 



Holbrookia maculata, 

 Sceloporus garmani, sp. nov. ' 

 Phrynosoma douglassii, 

 T/opidonotus sirtalis^. 



2. An Isabelline Lynx {Felis isahellina, Blyth ^), presented by 

 Capt. Baldock, R.A., and received November 23. Capt. Baldock, 

 writing from Calcutta on the 30th of September, states that the 

 Lynx was then some two or three months old, and had been 

 obtained at Astor in Ballistan, about 100 miles north of Cashmere, 

 from a villager. 



' Vide infra, p. 761, PI. LVI. 



^ Eufania 2Mriefalis of Mr. Garman. 



' Mr. Elliot unites the Ljnx of Tibet and the adjoining districts to F. lynx 

 of Europe. But I think it rather doubtful whether this is correct, and prefer 

 to leave it for the present under Blj'th's designation (J, A. S. B. xyi. pt. 2, 

 p. 1178, et P. Z. S. 1863, p. 186). 



