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Snakes I have not ventured to introduce on Irish soil. 

 Slow-worms and the aforesaid Scheltopusiks are as near 

 as I have come to it. Of the Skinks and Geckos only small 

 numbers were let loose. They have not been seen since. 

 Of the Eyed Lizards I think some may still be alive. 



The following, for the possible benefit of future explorers, 

 is a list of the species turned out : — 



Chelonians. — Testudo ibera, T. graeca, Emys orbicularis, 

 Clemmys leprosa, C. caspica, Chelopus Reeve sii, 

 Chrysemys picta, Cistudo Carolina. 



Saurians. — Lacerta ocellata (from Spain), L. viridis (from 

 the Channel Isles and from the continent of 

 Europe — also the blue-headed variety, from 

 Turkey) ; L. muralis (chiefly from Italy), 

 L. vivipara, L. agilis, L. Galloti (from Madeira 

 and the Canaries), Chalcides tridactylus (from 

 Sicily), C. ocellatus, Tarentola Delandii (from 

 Madeira), Anolis principalis (from Minnesota), 

 Ophisaurus apus, Anguis fr agilis. 



Amphibians. — Bufo vulgaris (both the common English 

 and the large Spanish kind), B. viridis, B. 

 variabilis, B. calamita (from Scotland,) Pelo- 

 hates fuscus, Rana temporaria, R. ridibunda, 

 Hyla arborea, Bombinator bombinus, B. igneus, 

 Salamandra maculosa, S. atra, Triton cristatus, 

 T, taeniatus, T. alpestris, Molge vulgaris, 

 M. pyrrhogastra. 



The present seems a good opportunity to put on record 

 a few scattered notes and observations made since the 



Natural History of Lambay" was published in the 

 Irish Naturalist in 1907. 



The Pheasants, Partridges, and Grouse turned out in 

 1906-8 have maintained themselves without artificial aid, 

 but the Quails have disappeared. Rheas have bred every 

 year since 1908, but they have never quite taken to a 

 wild life. African Crowned Cranes, the gift of a friend 

 (and a most glorious sight when on the wing). Demoiselle 



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