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A GRAND SCIENTIFIC WORK ON THE 



ZOOLOGY OF EGYPT 



VOLUME FIRST 



REPTILIA and 



BATRACHIA 



By JOHN ANDERSON, m.d, ll.d., f.r.s. 



One volume, royal 4to. lxv and 372 pp. of Text, with woodcuts, Map of 

 Egypt, Nubia, and the Sudan, seven Illustrations of physical features 

 in Introduction, 41 coloured and 11 unco loured plates of Reptiles and 

 Batrachians, cloth, uncut 1898 



Price, £12. 12s. 



100 copies printed, only 90 for sale. 



Purchasers of the above do not hind themselves to take further volumes, but they will have 

 the privilege of securing them if so incliued. 



" The first step towards the preparation or this volume was the formation of a collection of 

 the Reptiles and the Batrachians of Egypt. This was an absolute necessity, as these groups 

 were evidently so poorly represented in the Museums of this country and in those of Europe, 

 that it would have been impossible to have derived from them any just conception of the extent 

 of these constituents of the Egyptian Fauna. Moreover, in Great Britain, as on the Continent, 

 it was a rare circumstance to find a specimen with any more definite locality assigned to it than 

 ' Egypt,' ' Nubia,' or the ' Sudan.' 



"In forming the Collection which was to serve as the basis of this volume, an endeavour 

 was made to obtain as maDy specimens as possible from a diversity of accurately ascertained and 

 registered localities, distributed over as wide an area as possible. 



" While in Egypt, in 1892, I drew up a Memorandum, pointing out the lack of information 

 that existed regarding the Fauna of ihe country generally, but more especially of the Mammalia- 

 Reptilia, and Batrachia ; and further, to make this Circular as useful as possible, it was 

 translated into Arabic through the courteous assistance of Colonel Sir Colin Scott Moncrieff, at 

 that time Director of Irrigation, who also aided me in its circulation. Those who favourably 

 replied to the Memorandum were furnished with the necessary materials for collecting, and with 

 full instructions for the proper preservation of the specimens. 



"Nearly five years were devoted to collecting, with the result that over 1500 specimens of 

 Reptilia and Batrachia were brought together, of which more than 1400 were permanently 

 preserved. The greater part was presented to the British Museum ; another set, all but 

 complete, was also presented to the Museum of the Egyptian Government School of Medicine in 

 Cairo, and a few of the more important species were given to some of the Museums in Europe." 

 The Author's Preface. 



