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The single lizard illustrated (Fig. 4) is more of a problem. It 
is not a temperate North American species, and it is obviously one of the 
large, herbivorous iguanines. Because White’s voyages took him into the 
northern West Indies, where Cyclura is the only abundant large iguanine, 
there is little doubt that some member of that genus is represented. In 
Lorant’s book the species is identified as Cyclura carinata, which occurs 
(Schwartz and Henderson 1988) only on Booby Cay, Bahama Islands, 
and on Turks and Caicos islands. Cochran and Battersby (Hulton and 
Quinn 1964) could only conclude that some Cyclura species was 
represented, admitting some resemblance to C. carinata. However, Dr. 
Albert Schwartz, to whom we turned for help in identifying the species, 
explicitly eliminated C. carinata from reasonable consideration because 
of its low dorsal crest scales. He also regarded C. cornuta (with 
conspicuous spiny verticils on tail), C. ricordi (conspicuous spiny verticils 
on tail), and C. rileyi (low crest scales) as equally improbable subjects. 
The most likely species, he suggests, is C. cychlura , which not only 
agrees structurally but occurs widely in the Bahamas, on Andros (the 
largest island of that group) as well as on others. Because the journals of 
White’s travels describe repeated landings in the Bahamas, it seems very 
likely that C. cychlura (Cuvier) is indeed the species depicted. Cyclura 
nubila of Cuba and the Cayman Islands and C. collei of Jamaica, 
though structurally in agreement, are less likely candidates on the basis 
of probable infrequency of visits by White. However, identification 
cannot be certain, for White did travel extensively in the West Indies 
(Hakluyt 1589), and furthermore could well have seen specimens of 
virtually any species transported by native traders or by explorers such 
as Francis Drake, with whom he frequently associated. 
The remaining illustration (Fig. 5) represents a crocodilian and is 
labeled “Allagatto” on the painting, but it is identified as Crocodylus 
acutus (Cuvier) (" Crocodilus americanus” ) in Lorant. Cochran (Hulton 
and Quinn 1964) regarded the drawing as impossible to identify, showing 
features of both Alligator and Crocodylus , but she concluded that it 
most likely represents Alligator mississippiensis (Daudin). She also 
noted that the inscription indicating a length of 3 feet, 4 inches, and an 
age of 1 month, must be in error; the age would certainly be more than 
2 years at that size. In White’s time the alligator occured commonly in 
the vicinity of Roanoke Island, as well as northward into Virginia and 
southward throughout Florida. White could have seen specimens of it 
anywhere in his travels in what are now parts of Virginia and North 
Carolina. However, he also explored the northern West Indies, where 
the alligator does not occur but the crocodile was common. Thus, we 
agree that either species could easily have been illustrated. Although his 
