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among the Antilles, but it has suffered great diminution in numbers on account 

 of the ravages of the mongoose. It is so rare now in Grenada that neither Allen 

 nor Brues were able to get a single specimen, although they offered rewards 

 and searched for it diligently. 



Reinhardt and Lutken record this species from St. Kitts and St. Lucia; 

 Garman, from Grenada, Saba, and St. Thomas; and Boulenger, from St. Lucia. 



Iguana delicatissima Laurenti. 

 Laurenti, Syn. Rept., 1768, p. 48. Boulenger, Cat. lizards Brit, mus., 1885, 2, p. 191. 



This species has a curious, more or less haphazard distribution, since it occurs 

 upon Swan Island, Nevis, St. Bartholomew, and St. Martins; and Boulenger 

 includes "Brazil" within its range, based doubtless upon some wrongly labeled 

 specimen. Reinhardt and Lutken record it from Martinique and Guadeloupe. 



Cyclura cyclura (Cuvier). 

 Cdvier, Reg. anim., 1829, 2, p. 45. Cocteatj, Sagra's Hist. Cuba. Rept., 1838, p. 96, pi. VI. 



This species is confined to Cuba, the Isle of Pines and the neighboring Cays. 

 It has been confused by Boulenger with several well-marked forms. He has 

 included C. carinata Harlan, from Turks Island, C. baeolopha Cope, of Andros 

 Island, and C. collei Gray from Jamaica, in what, apparently for the sake of 

 avoiding the repetition of the generic name, he calls C. carinata (Cat. lizards 

 Brit, mus., 1885, 2, p. 193-195). The species from Turks, Andros Islands, and 

 Watlings Island I know from examination to be well-defined species, and differ- 

 ent from C. cyclura. This was pointed out by Stejneger when he described the 

 Watlings Island Iguana (C. rileyi Proc. Biol. soc. Wash., 1903, 16, p. 129). At 

 the time of writing the catalogue, Boulenger had only mounted specimens of 

 the Jamaican Iguana ; and lizards stuffed after the manner of half a century ago 

 certainly lose their specific characters, as many stuffed reptiles in this Museum 

 prove. But to judge from Gosse's description and beautiful figure, there can 

 be no doubt but that the Jamaican species is as valid as the rest, which certainly 

 are very distinct inter se. Dr. Stejneger recently told me that there is a Jamai- 

 can example in the United States national museum and that his examination 

 of this specimen had shown it to be quite distinct from the others. 



I have learned that this species is very rare upon the mainland of Cuba 

 being only found in the most unfrequented localities. It has been exterminated 

 over most of the island because of its excellence as an article of food. It is said 

 still to be common on many of the Cayos lying off the coast of Cuba, especially 



