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2. Cenchris piscivorus. Trigonoeephalus piscivorus^ Holbrook, N. Araer. 
Erpet. t. 13. 
Inhabits North America. 
c. Suhcaudal shields one-rowed : tail ending in a rattle : head more or less 
shielded. Crotalina. 
VIII. Caudisona, Fitz. Crotalophorus, Gray. Head with 9 large 
shields behind the eyes. 
1. Caudisona miliarim. Crotalus miliariuSflAnn. Schlegel, 569, t. 20, 
fig. 17, 18. C. tergeminus, Shaw. 
Inhabits North America. Brit. Mus. 
IX. Uropsophus, Wagler. “Superciliary shields large ; crown of head 
covered with scales.” 
1. Uropsophus triseriatus, Wagler. Crotalus durissus, var. Schlegel, 565. 
Inhabits Mexico. 
X. Crotalus, Linn. Head with small shields before the eyes ; occiput 
covered with scales. 
* Nose with three pairs of symmetrical plates . 
1. Crotalus horriduSf Baud. C. cascavella^ Spix ; Schlegel, 561, t, 20, 
fig. 12—14. 
Inhabits North America. Brit. Mus. 
Nose with one pair of symmetrical plates. 
2. Crotalus atricaudatus, Latr. Crot. durissus^ Baud. v. t. 68, fig. 1, 2. 
Schlegel, 565, t. 20, fig. 15, 16. Crot. horridtis, Guerin, Icon. t. 23, fig. 2. 
Crot. confluentus^ Say ? 
Inhabits America. Brit. Mus. 
See also Holbrook, N. Amer. Erpet. t. 15, 16, 17. 
Description of some hitherto unrecorded species of Austra- 
lian Reptiles and Batrachians. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., 
&c. 
In the Appendix to Capt. Grey’s Narrative of two excursions in Austra- 
lia, I published a list of the species of reptiles then recorded as inhabiting 
that country. The following new species have since fallen under my no- 
tice ; they are chiefly from a collection made by Mr. Gilbert, Mr. Gould’s 
collector, at Port Essington, which has been purchased from the latter 
gentleman by the British Museum ; two of the others were some time ago 
presented to the Museum collection, with a number of other Australian 
animals, by Mr. Buchanan. This makes the number of species now 
known to inhabit Australia 138. 
Tiliqua Essingtonii. Pale brown, in spirits : sides black, with a very 
distinct, narrow, silvery streak from the back angle of the eye to over the 
