16 Rept. 
IV. REPTILIA AND BATRACHIA. 
F. Werner, Zool. Garten xl, pp. 12-24, 33-38, has further observations 
on Reptiles and Batrachians in captivity. A. Hanau, t. c. pp. 108- 
119, and P. de Grijs, t. c. pp. 175-191, 210-226, 236-248, 267-277, 
& 302-313, deal with the same subject. 
REPTILIA. 
E. Goppert, Morphol. Jahrb. xxviii, pp. 1-27, pis. i & ii, writes on the 
larynx of Reptiles. 
H. L. Bruner, P. Indiana Ac. 1899, p. 229, remarks on the regulation of 
the supply of blood to the venous sinuses of the head of reptiles, with 
special reference to the habit of ejecting blood from the eye (orbital 
sinus) for which Phrynosoma is noted. 
A. Bendy, Quart. J. Micr. Sci. xlii, pp. 111-153, pis. xi-xiii, writes on the 
parietal eye and adjacent organs in Sphenodon and Lacertilia. 
L. Edinger, Abli. Senckenb. Ges. xx, pp. 161-197, pis. i-iii, has a memoir 
on the mesencephalon of Reptiles. 
P. de Grijs, Zool. Garten xl, pp. 49-55, writes on the faculty of changing 
colour in Reptiles. (Translation in Ann. Nat. Hist. [7] iii, pp. 396- 
402.) 
SQUAMATA. 
H. Manner, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lxvi, pp. 43-68, pis. iv-vii, contributes 
observations on the development of the vertebral column in Lizards 
and Snakes. 
LACERTILIA. 
The Recorder has prepared a third report on the additions to the collection 
in the British Museum. P. Z. S. 1898, pp. 912-923. 
V. Sixta, Zool. Anz. xxii, pp. 329-335, compares the shoulder-girdle of 
Uromastix spinipes (spinifer errore) with that of Ornithorhynchus. 
A. Chemin, Bibliog. anat. vii, pp. 114-123, figg., writes on the structure 
of the hyoid apparatus and its function in connection with the 
gular appendage in Calotes versicolor . 
F. Maurer, Morphol. Jahrb. xxvii, pp. 119-172, figg., pis. vi-viii, has 
a paper on the thyroid gland, thymus and other branchial derivations 
in Lacerta. 
F. Hochstetter, Morphol. Jahrb. xxvii, pp, 263-298, fig. 1, pi. xiii, writes 
on the more or less complete diaphragm in various Lacertilia. 
F. Hochstetter, Ber. Ver. Innsbruck xxiv, pp. iii & iv, remarks on the 
arteries of the digestive tract in Lacertilia. 
P. Francotte, Mem. Cour. Ac. Belgique (4to) lv, 1898, No. 3 (43 pp., 
2 pis.) has a contribution to the study of the parietal eye, epiphysis, 
and paraphysis of Lacertilia. 
F. Melchers, Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lxvii, pp. 139-166, pis. v & vi, has 
a paper on the rudimentary epiphysis, paraphysis, and hypophysis 
in Geckos ( Tarentola mauritanica). 
M. v. Davidoff, Festschrift C. v. Kupfter, pp. 431-454, figg., pis. xlvi & 
xlvii, has a memoir on the early development of the head of Lizards 
(.Tarentola mauritanica & Lacerta mural is). 
H. K. Corning, Morphol. Jahrb. xxviii, pp. 28-104, pis. iii—vi, writes on 
the development of the musculature of the head and limbs in Lacerta. 
F. Bayer, Morphol. Jahrb. xxvii, pp. 712-716, figg., remarks on the 
development of the tongue of Lacerta agilis. 
