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including nine species of Peruvian Birds, new to the collec- 

 tion ; presented by the Counts Branicki of Warsaw. 



Reptiles. — The additions to this class were seven hundred 

 and sixty-four ; the following are the most important : — 



Twenty specimens from Austria and Dalmatia ; received in 

 exchange. 



Twenty-three specimens from Greece and Malta, including 

 a Lizard new to the collection {Algiroides rtioreoticus) ; pre- 

 sented by Norman Douglass, Esq. 



Twelve specimens from Transcaspia ; purchased. 



Eighteen specimens from Great Loo Choo, including 

 examples of a new Snake (Trimeresurus okinavensis) ; 

 purchased. 



Fifteen Snakes from Travancore, including the type of a 

 new species {Ehinophis travancoricus) ; presented by H. S. 

 Ferguson, Esq. 



Twenty -nine specimens from Borneo, including an example 

 of a new Lizard (Varanus heteropholis) ; purchased. 



A second specimen of a Lizard {Lacerta simonyi) from 

 the Canary Islands ; presented by the Eight Hon. Lord 

 Lilford. 



A Snake ( Walterinnesia cegyptiaca), new to the collection, 

 from Egypt ; presented by Walter Innes, Esq. 



Fourteen specimens from the Niger, including a new Snake 

 (Typhlops crossii) ; presented by J. W. Crosse, Esq. 



Seventy-two specimens from Madagascar ; purchased. 



Nine Snakes from the United States, belonging to species 

 new to, or imperfectly represented in, the collection ; pre- 

 sented by A. Erwin Brown, Esq. 



Forty-one specimens from Texas ; presented by W. Taylor, 

 Esq. 



A North American Snake, new to the collection (Ischno- 

 gnathus lineatus) ; presented by Dr. S. Garman. 



Thirty- four specimens from California ; purchased. 



One hundred and seventy-five specimens from Mexico ; 

 purchased. 



Twelve specimens from the Island of Anguilla, West 

 Indies ; presented by the West Indies Exploration Com- 

 mittee. 



Fifteen specimens obtained by Mr. E. Hartert in the Dutch 

 West Indies, including a Lizard (Cnemidophorus aruhensis), 

 new to the collection ; purchased. 



Twelve specimens from Porto Real, Province Rio Janeiro ; 

 purchased. 



Fifteen specimens from the Province Matto Grosso, Brazil ; 

 presented by Spencer Moore, Esq., and Dr. Evans. 



Fifteen Lizards from Chili ; received in exchange from M. 

 Lataste. 



A Boa, new to the collection {Boa occidentalis), from the 

 0.108. H 2 Province 



