462 MR. W. B. ALEXANDER ON THE 



LygosOma richardsoni {Gray). The type, in the British Museum, is 

 from the Abrolhos. 



LygosOma quadrilineatum (Bum. 8f Bibr.). The British Museum has a 

 specimen from the Abrolhos. 



Lygosoma sp. A small species with an orange head and pink throat was 

 very common in sandy localities on the Wallaby Islands. A specimen which 

 I obtained is in the W.A. Museum, and appears to belong' to a new species, 

 but I hope to obtain further specimens. The small lizards of this genus are 

 so active that they are very difficult to obtain, and several other species 

 probably occur. A small form which lives among the scrub was seen on 

 Long Island and Sandy Island in the Wallaby Group, as well as on Rat 

 Island and Pelsart Island. A rather larger species was also observed on 

 Rat Island. 



Lygosoma pr^peditum, Blngr., is recorded by Campbell. 



AMPHIBIA. 



Anura. 



Cystignathid*. 



Lymnodynastes DORSALIS (Gray). Specimens from Houtman's Abrolhos 

 are in the British Museum. 



Bitfonid^;. 

 Myobatrachus GOULDI (Gray). Specimens from the Abrolhos are in the 

 British Museum. 



We did not see any Amphibia, but on Pigeon Island and Long Island we 

 heard sounds after dark which sounded like those made by some species of 

 froff. Considerable search with a lantern on Pigeon Island failed to reveal 

 the animals from which these noises emanated. 



LAND-BIRDS. 



Turniciformes. 



TUBNICID*. 



Ortygodjes varius SCINTILLANS (Gould). Painted Quail. 



Common on East and West Wallaby Islands, one of the Pigeon Islands, 

 and North Island. At the time of our visit in November 1913 the breeding- 

 season seemed to be practically over, as young birds were met with which 

 could fly almost as strongly as the adults. 



