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length, contained eggs far advanced towards maturity. The male 

 measured 6 feet 9| inches. This latter incident implies a conjugal 

 attachment on a par with that of the higher animals, since sexual 

 gratification had not dissolved the marital tie.* 



The following is a list of the breeding notes I have been able to 

 collect, arranged in tabular form : — 



From the above it appears that the mating season is during the hot 

 weather, and that eggs are voided in August and September, and 

 hatch between September and December. 



The periods of gestation and incubation are unknown to me. 



The most juvenile mother, if one is to judge from measurement I 

 have records of, was 5 feet 8 inches, and I believe, therefore, that the 

 female is sexually mature at about 4 2 years of age.f Both sexes appear 



* f cc a idenda (4). 

 t See addenda (5). 



