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nearly of equal size with those covering the commencement 
of the tail ; they are furnished with a prominent midrib, 
and end in a point. The legs very short, compressed, co^ 
vered with nearly smooth, rather thin, scales. The toes 
very short; claws rather thick, and short. The tail about 
half the length of the body. 
Head, three inches long. 
Body, seven inches. 
Tail, four inches. 
Only one specimen of this exceedingly interesting ani-? 
mal was brought home by Captain King, but the spirits in 
which it had been preserved had unfortunately evaporated^ 
so that it was considerably injured ; there is, however, a 
specimen, apparently of the same animal, in the collection of 
the Linnean Society, which wants the end of its tail. 
The above specimen was found at King George the Third’s 
Sound, and is preserved in the Museum. 
6. Agama MURICATA. Baud, 
Lacerta muricata, Shaw, in JVhite's Journal of a Voyage to 
New South Wales, 244. 
Lacerta Agama, var. f Shaw, Gen, Zool, iij. 211. 
Muricated Lizard, Shaw, 
Icon. Shaw, Gen. Zool, t, 65., and White's Jour. t. 31. f. 2. 
This lizard was first described in Mr. White’s Journal, by 
the late Dr. Shaw, who paid particular attention to that 
class of animals ; but he was afterwards inclined to consider 
it as only a variety of the common Lacerta Agama, or Ame^ 
rican Galeote, from which, however, it is quite distinct. 
It appears to be a young specimen, since its length is 
only seven inches, whilst that described by Dr. Shaw was 
more than a foot in length; and some have been caught 
even of a much larger size. The Doctor’s figure is remark- 
ably good, but rather more spinous than the specimen under 
