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brown ; its surface smooth; the shield pieces sul- 

 cated in the manner shewn by the annexed figure, 

 and marked by three strongly elevated dorsal 

 carinee, passing through the whole length of the 

 shell, the sides of which do not slope, but main- 

 tain the usual convexity. It is probably a shell 

 of this species in its fullest growth ; and may serve 

 as an example of the great impropriety of hastily 

 affixing specific characters and trivial names to 

 animals whose real and complete habit can only 

 be known by examining them in all their stages 

 of growth. The name of tricarinata would be 

 much more expressive of the appearance of this 

 shell, than of that to Avhich it is applied in the 

 work of Mr. Schoepf. 



LONG-NECKED TORTOISE. 



Testudo LongicoUis. T. ovata glabra, collo longissimo. 

 Smooth ovate Tortoise, with extremely long neck. 

 Long-necked Tortoise. ZooL N. UolL p, ig. pi. 7. 



This species is a native of Australasia or New 

 Holland, and is of the river or fresh-water kind. 

 The shell is of an oval form, moderately convex, 

 of a dark olive-brown colour, and nearly smooth, 

 though in some parts bearing a resemblance to 

 the grain of common black leather. It measures 

 about five inches and a half in length, and about 

 four and a half in breadth : the disk consists of 

 thirteen, and the margin of twenty-five pieces: 

 the under shell is of a yellowish tinge, and stained 



