TESTUDINATA. 143 



'"Like the former, only known from three young specimens, p. 21 one of 

 which, given me by Mr. Bell, I kept alive for some time.' 



"In 1844 (Cat. Tort. Br. Mus.) the two species are still confounded under 

 the name Emys (Cyclemys) dentata, inasmuch as he still quotes pis. 8 and 9, 

 though only enumerating specimens from Java. 



"In 1855 (Cat. Shield Rept., p. 35) he realizes his mistake and quotes pi. 8 

 under Batagur baska as the young, although by a lapsus he still quotes '8, 9' 

 under Cyclemys dentata (p. 42), which he now assigns exclusively to Java and 

 Borneo. 



"Finally in 1870 (Suppl.) he returns to the name dhor for the exclusively 

 Javan species without gi"V"ing any reason. 



"I beheve dentata should take the precedence over dhor, and that Java 

 must be considered its type locality." 



Cyclemys amboinensis (Datjdin). 



Daudin, Hist. nat. rept., 1802 (1803), 2, p. 309. Boulenger, Cat. chelonians * * * Brit, mus., 1889, 

 p. 133. 



Type locality: — Ambon. 



This species inhabits ponds and sluggish streams. It is usually the most 

 common chelonian where it occurs. I preserved eight specimens from Makassar, 

 Celebes, and three from Buitenzorg. Bryant got one at Buitenzorg, and one at 

 Depok, Java. A topotype has been received with a recent acquisition. 



The two editions of Daudin's Histoire naturelle . . . . de reptiles are some- 

 what confusing as to dates. One, bearing the title "Histoire naturelle generale 

 et particuhere des reptiles ; ouvrage faisant suite a I'histoire naturelle generale 

 et particuhere, composee par Leclerc de Buffon, et rediger par C. S. Sonnini, .... 

 8 vols. Paris," appeared as follows: — Vols. 1-4, An X (1802), and vol. 5-8, An 

 XI (1803). As Dr. Stejneger writes me in sending data regarding his copy, 

 quotations occur throughout the whole work from Latreille's Histoire naturelle, 

 which appeared in 1802; so that the whole of Daudin should be dated at the 

 earhest 1803. 



The other, rather more common edition bears a slightly different title: — 

 "Histoire naturelle generale et particuhere des reptiles; ouvrage faisant suite 

 aux oeuvres de Leclerc de Buffon, et partie du cours complet d'histoire naturelle 

 redige par C. S. Sonnini,. . . .8 vols. Paris." The volumes are curiously dated 

 as follows: Vol. 1-2, An XIII (1805), vols. 3-4, An X (1802), Vol. 5-8, An XI 

 (1803). 



