t 90 ] 



i^cokpax of Gefnery fee. p. 83S. 

 2 fpecies, 



141. Syngnathus. Fip-fijh, No ventral fins; 



body articulated. 

 I^eedle-fijh^ Pipe-fijh^ Hippocampus 

 or Sea-horfe, 7 fpecies. 

 142* PfiCASys. Dragm-fijh, Two ventral fins ; upper 



raandible or beak den- 

 ticulated, or ciliated. 

 Fifing Dragon of A^nhoina^ &c. 

 * 3 fpecies. 



This part of the Syftem contains upwards of 



290 fubjedls. 

 In the Reptiles order, the fpecific charadlers 

 of the ^ejludo genus are deduced principally from 

 the difference in the Jhells^ and tht feet \ which in 

 the Turtles are pinniform, and in the 'Tortoifes di- 

 gitated. In the Lacerta genus, from the taik head^ 

 toes^ and various other parts ; and in the Randy 

 from the diverfity in the make of the hody^ and 

 number of the claws on the fore or hinder 

 feet. 



In the Serpentes order, the fpecific diftindlions 

 have ever been matter of great difficulty with 

 naturalifts, as they were commonly taken from 

 the colour^ which is fubje61: to an almoft infinite 

 variation. Hence it has happened that Seha^ de- 

 pending on the colours alone, hath, in the opinion 

 of our author, figured the Boa ConJtri5lor^ or Gi- 

 gantic Serpent, ten times, as fo m-any diftind fpe- 

 cies and the Coluber Naga^ or Hooded Viper^ 

 fourteen. Linnaeus at length difcovered a much 

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