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PART VI. 



A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE 



REPTILIA AND BATRACHTA OF EGYPT 



(feom the Delta to WXuf Halfa) 

 AND OF THE DISTEICT OF SUAKIN". 



I AT AIL myself of this opportunity to publish this simple Name- 

 list, as it may be useful for comparison with the Arabian List ; 

 and, moreover, it affords me the means of expressing my thanks 

 to all those who have been so good as to assist me in procuring 

 specimens for the furtherance of my work on these sections of 

 the Fauna of Egypt \ 



A complete set of all the species represented in the Collection 

 will be presented to the British Museum, aud another set, as 

 perfect as it may be possible to make it, will also be presented 

 to the Museum of the Medical School of Cairo. The remaining 

 duplicates will be placed at the disposal of the former Institution, 

 for exchange with other Museums. 



I append to the List the names of certain species not repre- 

 sented in the Collection, but which have been recorded from 

 Egypt; so that it may be seen at a glance what is the present 

 state of our knowledge regarding these sections of the fauna in 

 the areas indicated, and what are the desiderata necessary to 

 make the Collection complete. The mention of these desiderata 

 may, I hope, possibly lead to their being procured by some 

 of those who have so kindly assisted me in the past. 



The Collection comprises 982 specimens of Lizards, 233 of 

 Snakes, and 89 of Batrachia. To these have to be added 1 

 Crocodile (juv.), 3 land Tortoises, and 3 river Turtles. 



^ I haye included the Suez district to Ain Musa. 



