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A fair collection of birds had been made, which would be of 

 interest to British natui-alists as representing species not often 

 brought to this country by collectors. Besides these, collections 

 had, where possible, been made of the Invertebrate Fauna of the 

 country. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. A Catalogue of the Reptiles and Batrachians of Celebes, 

 with special reference to the Collections made by 

 Drs. P. & F. Sarasin in 1893-1896. By G. A. 

 BOULENGER, F.R.S., F.Z.S. 



[Eeceivecl December 11, 1896.] 



(Plates VII.-XVI.) 



During their three years' exploration of Celebes, the Drs. 

 Sarasin paid much attention to the herpetological fauna 

 of that island and succeeded in bringing together a collection of 

 565 selected specimens of Reptiles aud Batrachians, representing 

 86 species, of which IS proved to be new to science and 11 new to 

 the island, all in excellent state of preservation and with the localities 

 carefully noted. These collections were sent home in several con- 

 signments, the first three of which were received by Dr. F. Miiller 

 of Basle, who published two preliminary notes on them. At the 

 death of that distinguished herpetologist in 1895, I was offered by 

 the Drs. Sarasin to continue the work of identification and to write 

 a general report on the Reptiles and Batrachians. This I gladly 

 undertook, and in the beginning of 1S96 I published descriptions 

 of several new species sent to me from the southern part of the 

 island. Towards the end of the same year, on the return of 

 the explorers, the whole of their collection, including the specimens 

 already studied by Dr. Miiller, was made over to me. It seemed, 

 however, that the value of the report would be much increased 

 by not limiting it to the collection made by the Doctors, and 

 I therefore resolved to prepare a complete Catalogue of the 

 Reptiles and Batrachians of Celebes, exclusive of marine species, 

 which would prove practically useful to future students and 

 collectors, as by its means all specimens could be identified. I 

 have given descriptions of the endemic forms, and of a few that 

 are imperfectly known, and a key, as short and simple as the 

 subject permits, by which it is possible to determine all the species 

 so far recorded from Celebes. 



The older literature contains but httle information on the 

 herpetology of Celebes. But within the last twenty-five years 

 important collections were made, with special attention to localities, 

 and described by Peters, Giinther, Doria, M. Weber, van Lidth 

 de Jeude, and myself. Tiiese collections will be alluded to 

 througliout in the text, with the names of the collectors, 

 A. B. Meyer, Bruijn, Beccari, M. Weber, and Everett. I have, 



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