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LIST OF SPECIMENS. 
List of Specimens op Gigantic Land-Tortoises, Living and Extinct, in the 
Collection of the British Museum. 
1. Testudo elephantina. 
a. Adult (J , stuffed. 
Carapace 39 in. 
b. Skull of a. 
c. Adult ^ , stuffed. 
Carapace 49 in. 
d. Skeleton of c. 
e. Adult ? , stuffed. 
Carapace 27\ in. 
/. Skull of e. 
g. Young. 
Carapace 14 in. 
h. Adult 
Carapace 40 in. 
i. Adult S- 
Carapace 40 in.^ without scutes. 
k. Skeleton of half-grown ^ . 
Carapace 31 in., sternum missing. 
/. Half-grown $ . 
Carapace 29J in. 
III. 
Very young, in spirits. 
n. Very young, stuffed. 
o. Skull of adult S • 
p. Skull of half-grown spec. 
f/. Two humeri of adult. 
r. Scapula of adult. 
s. Femur of adult. 
t. Young, malformed. 
Carapace 12| in. 
74. 2. 6. 3. 
74. 2. 6. 4. 
Aldabra. Purchased. 
77. 5. 15. 1. 
77. 5. 15. 2. 
74. 2. 6. 1. 
74. 2. 6. 2. 
From the Haslar Collection. 
55. 10. 16. 151. 
Purchased of Mr. Bartlett. 
75. 4. 13. 2. 
Old Collection. 
77. 4. 28. 1. 
74. 2. 6. 8. 
From the R. Coll. of Surgeons. 
76. 1. 14. 2. 
Aldabra. Pres. by Col. Playfair. 
77. 5. 12. 1. 
Pres. by General Hardwicke. 
16.6. 
16. a. 
Purchased. 76. 11. 21. 2-3. 
Purchased. 76. 11. 21. 1. 
Purchased. 76. 11. 21. 4. 
Purch. of the Zool. Soc. 
