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Dr. Fleming supposes the Petrel of which a figure is given 

 by Dr. Borlase in his Natural History of Cornwall, to be the 

 P. Oceanica of Forster : chiefly on account of the great length 

 of its wings, exceeding those of the common Petrel. Flem- 

 ing's Br. An. p. 136. 



REPTILES. 



CORIACIOUS TURTLE. Sphargis Coriacea. Jenyns, p. 

 290. Borlase is the only good authority for the taking ef 

 this Species on the Cornish Coast ; but I have been in- 

 formed of the occurrence of another Specimen, which how- 

 ever was not secured. 



LIZARD. Lacerta Agilis. Jenyns, p. 292. Borlase's Nat. 

 Hist, of Cornwall, pi. 28, f. 35. Evet. Long Cripple. 

 Common in dry uncultivated places. 



* SLOW WORM. Anguis Fragilis. Jenyns, p. 294. Called 

 Long Cripple, through mistake, by Borlase, Nat. H. Corn- 

 wall, pi. 28, f. 34. Ray's Syn. Quad., p. 289. The skin is 

 too slight to be cast off in a continuous whole, as in the 

 Snake. 



* SNAKE. Natrix Torquata. Jenyns, p. 296. Ray's Syn. 



Quad., p. 334. It has been found six feet in length. Com- 

 mon. 



* VIPER. Vipera Communis. Jenyns, p. 297. Ray's Syn. 



Quad., p. 285. Borlase's Nat. H. Cornwall, pi. 28, f. 33. 



* RED VIPER. Coluber Chersea, Lin. Whether this be a 

 distinct Species is still disputed ; but I have no doubt of its 

 being the tail-pointed Slow Worm of Borlase : Nat. H. of 

 Cornwall, p. 28. Rare. 



WARTY EFT. Triton Palustris. Jenyns, p. 303. Local. 



WATER EFT. T. Punctatus. Jenyns, p. 304. Common. 



FROG. Rana Temporaria. Jenyns, p. 300. Ray's Syn. Quad., 

 p. 247. Wilkie. Common. On the 28th of March, a 

 very cold season, several Tadpoles were seen in active exer- 

 cise, in a pool so firmly frozen over as to sustain no slight 

 weight. In other years I have seen them in the middle of 

 January. 



TOAD. Bufo Vulgaris. Jenyns, p. 301. Ray's Syn. Quad, 

 p. 252. Common. 



EDIBLE FROG. Rana Esculenta. Fleming's Br. An., p. 

 159. Jenyns, p. 301. I feel some hesitation in inserting 

 this Species, which has not been well defined as an inhabi- 

 tant of Britain A Specimen that I saw in the neighbour- 



