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The General Subject. Contributions to Faunas. 
Dr. Gunther, on the occasion of his examination of Hatteria 
[Rhynchocephalus) j has assigned to this Saurian its place in the 
following arrangement of recent Reptilia (Philos. Trans. vol. clvii. 
p. 625) : — 
I. Squamata. I 
First order Ophidia. 
Second order Lucertilia. A. Amphisbfenoidea. B. Oionocrania. 0. 
Cliamfeleonoidea. D. Njctisaiira. 
Third order Rhynchocephalia, 
II. Loricata. 
Fourth order Crocodilia. 
III. Oatapiibacta. 
Fifth order Chelonia. 
Atcstria, Notes on the dates on which the Reptiles of the; Austrian Em-^ 
pire commence and terminate their hybernation, by Fritsch, Sitzgsber, Ah, 
Wiss. Wien, 1867, Iv. p. 216 (see p. 8). 
Meran. Dr. Milde has made some observations on the Lizards and Snakes 
in the neighbourhood of Meran. Lacerta agilis is wanting j L. mwalis is 
'found to a height of 4600 feet, L. vivipara between 3600 and 7000 feet above 
the level of the sea. 44. Jahresbericht d, Schles. Ges. f. vaterland. Cult, 
1867, p. 66. 
Palestine. Mr, Tristram’s work on the Natural History of the Bible has 
boon noticed above, p. 8. 
Japan. Dr. v. Martens (Preuss. Ostasiat. Expedit. pp. 109-116, see above 
p. 1) gives a general sketch of the herpetological fauna of this country. 
West Africa. Dr. Bocage has given a second list of Reptiles received 
by the Lisbon Museum from the Portuguese possessions in West Africa 
since the publication of the first list (see Zool. Record, iii. p. 121) : Jorn, 
Sc. math. phys. e nat. Lisboaj iii. pp. 217-232. The list comprises 4 Tor- 
toises, 21 Saurians, and 11 Ophidians. Notes are appended to most of them; 
and the more important species will bo mentioned subseq[uently. 
South-western Africa. Prof. Peters enumerates 18 species of Saurians 
and Ophidians (1 Bufo) collected at Otjimbingue,Monatsber. Ak. Wiss. Berl. 
1867, p. 236. He had received 16 others from the same locality on a former 
occasion, ibid. 1862, p. 16. 
Madagascar. M. Grandidler describes two Tortoises, seven Lizards, and 
one Snake, collected by him on the south-west coast, as new, in Rev. ef Mag, 
Zool. 1867, pp. 232-234. 
Southern Brazil. Dr. Hensel gives descriptions of or remarks on twenty- 
six Batrachians collected by him in the province S. Pedro do Rio Grande do 
Sul. Wiegm. Arch. 1867, pp. 120-162. 
Australia. Dr. Gunther has published notes on 81 species of Reptiles re- 
ceived by the British Museum in the course of the last years from various 
parts of Australia. One-fourth of the species mentioned in this paper were 
new to science, and will be referred to subsequently. Ann. & Mag. Nat. 
Hist, 1867, XX. pp. 46-67. 
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