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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
REPTILIA 
BY 
Albert Gunther^ M.A.j M.D.^ Ph.D.^ F.R.S. &c. 
A. Work in progress » 
Jan, G., et Sordelli, F. Iconograpliie g^ierale des Ophidiens. 
Paris. Plates, 4to. 
"V\Ie gave descriptions of this work in the ^ Record,^ i. p. 99, 
ii. p. 139, and iii. p. 117. We have received in the year 1867 
five other parts of plates, viz. Nos. 20-24, but no continuation 
of the text. The snake figured under the name of Toooodon or 
Loxodon microlepis is an interesting addition to ophiology; 
formerly it was described as Spalerosophis (see Zool. Record, ii. 
p. l33). Otherwise these parts do not contain many novelties. 
R. Separate Publications.' 
Gray, J. E. The Lizards of Australia and New Zealand in the 
Collection of the British Museum. (With 18 plates of the 
new species, by Mr. Ford.) London, 1867. 4to, pp. 7. 
(B. Quaritch.) 
This publication is the completion of the herpetological part 
of the ^ Voyage of the Erebus and Terror.^ At the time when 
this work was discontinued, the plates had been drawn, at 
the expense of the author, remaining in his possession ever 
since. By publishing them he has supplied a want very much 
felt by all students of Australian herpetology. The plates be- 
long to the most artistic productions of Mr. Ford, rendering de- 
tailed descriptions unnecessary ; and the author thought himself 
the more justified in dispensing with them, as all the species 
have been characterized in his ^ Catalogue of Lizards.^ A 
general systematic list of the species known to inhabit Aus- 
tralia and New Zealand has been added. We shall subsequently 
mention the species figured; a few of the. figures were already 
published in the ^ Zoology of the Voyage of the Erebus aud 
Terror.^ This publication is indispensable to the student of 
Australian herpetology. 
Steindachner, F. Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara 
nm die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den 
