ANTIGUA TORTOISE. 
423 
were both of good size, being described as about 
thirteen or fourteen inches in length, measured over 
the carapace.” 
No clue to the specific identity of these specimens 
now remains, but the following note on a species 
certainly indigenous to the West Indies will be read 
with interest. I am indebted for it to my indefati- 
gable (Tvvspyo$. ‘‘ The other day, on my showing 
Mr. Millar my Marsh Turtle, he related to me some 
curious anecdotes of a Land Tortoise that he has 
now possessed for several years. His animal is a 
native of Antigua, where the species is indigenous. 
As the Kinixys Homeana is assigned to the neigh- 
bouring island of Guadaloupe, I should conjecture 
that his will prove to be that species also. A garden 
and grass lands, with thickets here and there covering 
a space of some three acres, are attached to the resi- 
dence of Mr. Millar in Antigua; and over this in- 
closure his Tortoise is at liberty to pursue without 
restraint the impulses of his instinct. He shelters 
himself in the sultry hours of the day by sauntering 
among the shadows of the trees, or creeping within 
the covert of the house. He is extremely sen- 
sible of all the changes in the air that have a 
relation to rain. When a shower threatens, he 
shows more activity than ordinary ; he then walks 
with stiffened limbs, — that is, he assumes then what 
may be characterised as his erect attitude, and moves 
nimbly, if we may so speak of the motions of a Tor- 
toise. He disappears during the rainy seasons for a 
space of three months. It is not known where he 
conceals himself; but he reappears regularly, and, 
