1881.] MR. G. A. BOtJLENGER ON A NEW ANOLIS. 921 



p. 211; Legge, B. Ceylon, p. 532, note (1880); Hume, Str. F. 

 1880, pp. 234, 260; Butler, Cat. B. of South Bombay Pres. p. 43 

 (1880). 



The Indian Broad-tailed Reed-bird inhabits Southern India, and 

 has been procured by Capt. Butler at Belgaum in 16°N.lat. ; also 

 by Jerdon in the Goodalore Ghat, Wynaad, 1 1° 30' N. lat. ; again, 

 in Southern Travancore, in 8° 30' N. lat. {Bourdillon) ; and extends 

 into Ceylon {spec, in Mas. Brit.), the exact locality being unknown, 

 though Mr. Hume suggests about 7° N. lat. 



2. SCHCENICOLA APICALIS. 



Sylvia apicalis, Licht. MS. in Mus. Berol., unde 



Catriscus apicalis, Cab. Mus. Ileiu. Th. i. p. 43 (note) ; Gurney, 

 Ibis, 1863, p. 323 ; id. Ibis, 1866, p. 140 ; Heugl. Ibis, 1869, p. 81 ; 

 id. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 273, tab. ix. (1869); Shelley, Ibis, 1875, 

 p. 71 ; Sharpe, ed. Layard B. S. Afr. p. 283 (1876), 



Bradypterus brevirostris, Sundev. K. Vet.-Akad. Forh. Stockh . 

 1850, p. 483. 



Cettia apicalis, Licht. Nomencl. Av. Berol. p. 29. 



Sphenaacus alexince, Heugl. J. f. O. 1863, p. 166. 



Drymoica apicalis, L&y&rd, B. S. Afr. p. 96, no. 173 (1867); 

 Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 201, no. 2833 (1869). 



Calamodyta brevirostris, Graj', Hand-1. B. i. p. 209, no. 2958 

 (1869). 



In North-eastern Africa the African Broad-tailed Beed-bird was 

 met with by Heughn in the vast grass-lands on the affluents of the 

 Gazelle river. In South Africa it appears to be found only in 

 Natal. 



3. Description of a new Species of Anolis from Yucatan. 



By Gr. A. BoULENGER. 



[Received October 28, 1881.] 



Anolis beckeri, sp. n. 



Head moderate, much longer than the tibia, its width contained 

 once and three fourths in its length. Snout convex, rounded, as 

 broad as long, with rather indistinct canthus rostralis. No facial 

 rugje. Prefrontal concavity slightly marked. Nostril lateral, sepa- 

 rated from rostral by a granule and a small scale. Front half of 

 snout covered with granular, the remainder with moderate-sized 

 hexagonal smooth scales. Canthal scales four. Superciliary semi- 

 circles formed of seven or eight large scales, in contact in the middle, 

 or separated by only one row of narrow scales. Supraorbital disk 

 with moderate-sized smooth scales, separated from superciliaries by 

 two rows of granules. Occipital twice the diameter of ear-opening, 

 surrounded with small irregular scales, and separated from super- 

 ciUaries by two rows of scales. Three rows of loreal scales. 8-10 



