EBPTILIA. 
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REPTILIA 
BY 
Albert Gunther, M.A., M,D., Ph.D., F.R.S. 
THE GENERAL SUBJECT, 
a. Classification. 
Second, L. A. Reptiles et Batraciens classes d^apres leurs affi- 
nites par rapport h cinq types dont les caracteres soht 
empruntes aux parties les moins modifiables du squelette. 
Journ. de PAnat. Phys. 1872, pp. 645-660. 
As this is merely the commencement of an apparently very 
extensive treatise to be continued in 1873, an account of it is 
deferred at present. 
p . Faunae. 
Fatio, V. Faune des Vertebres de la Suisse. Vol. III. Histoire 
naturelle des Reptiles et des Batraciens. Geneve et BM^ : 
1872. 8vo, pp. 603, with 5 plates. 
We noticed the first volume of this careful monograph in 
Zool. Rec. vol. vi. p. 4. The present volume contains the de- 
scriptions of 1 Tortoise {Cistudo europcea), 5 Lizards, 8 Snakes 
(among which Tropidonotus fallax), 14 Frogs and Toads, and 7 
Salamanders and Newts. 
Sicily. In a sketch of the Vertebrate Fauna of Sicily, Prof. 
Doderlein enumerates the Reptiles and Batrachians of this 
island, and enters into a detailed comparison of its Reptilian 
Fauna with that of the neighbouring zoological provinces. Ann. 
Soc. Nat. Modena, vi. 1872, pp. 60. 
Central Asia. ''Notes on some Persian, Himalayan, and 
other Reptiles, by J. Anderson. P. Z. S. 1872, pp. 371-^04. 
China. In a report by the Abbe David of his travels in 
Western China (Nouv. Arch. Mus. vii. 1872 [1871 on titlepage]. 
Bull. pp. 75-100), several new Batrachians are mentioned; 
but as scarcely more than the names are given, they are not 
recognizable, and, therefore, will not be mentioned below. 
