Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 414 pages of information about Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2.

Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 414 pages of information about Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2.

Larus leucomelas, Vieill. 
Xema jamesonii. 
Sterna poliocerca, Gould. 
Sterna caspia ?  Pall. 
Sterna caspia ? (like minuta). 
Sterna dougallii, Mont. 
Diomedea exulans, Linn. 
Diomedea melanophrys, Temm. 
Diomedea chlororhyncha, Gmel. 
Diomedea fuliginosa, Gmel. 
Procellaria gigantea, Auct. 
Puffinus brevicaudus, Gould. 
Puffinus chlorhynchus, Less. 
Cygnus atratus, Linn. 
Anser atratus ? 
Casarka tadornoides, Eyton. 
Malacorhynchus membranaceus, Swains. 
Nyroca australis, Gould. 
Anas novae-hollandiae, Steph. 
Anas naevosa, Gould. 
Mareca castanea, Eyton. 
Rhynchaspis rhyncotis, Steph. 
Biziura lobata, G.R.  Gray. 
Oxyura australis, Gould. 
Podiceps cristatus, Lath. 
Podiceps gularis, Gould. 
Podiceps poliocephalus ?  Jard. and Selb. 
Pelecanus spectabilis, Temm. 
Phalacrocorax Carbo?  Cuv. 
Phalacrocorax pica. 
Phalacrocorax melanoleucus, Vieill. 
Spheniscus minor.

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APPENDIX E.

A Catalogue of the Species of Reptiles and Amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some New Species from Western Australia, and some remarks on their geographical distribution, by JOHN EDWARD GRAY, F.R.S. etc. etc. in a note to the author.

Order 1.  SAURI.

Family MONITORIDAE.

1.  Odatria punctata, Gray Annals of Natural History 1 394.  Grey olive, with narrow black reticulated lines, leaving large hexagonal spots.  Head, limbs, and tail blackish, with a few pale spots.  Inhabits Western Australia.

2.  Hydrosaurus varius, Gray Annals of Natural History 1 394. 
Uaranus varius, Merrem.  Gray King’s Voyage 2 427. 
Lacerta varia, Shaw.  White Journal New South Wales 246 t. 3. f 2.  Shaw N.
Misc. t. 83. 
Tupinambis variegatus, Dauden. 
Inhabits New Holland.

3.  Hydrosaurus gouldii, Gray Annals of Natural History 1 394.  With two yellow streaks on the side of the neck.  Scales over the orbits small, flat.  Inhabits Australia.

4.  Uaranus bellii, Dumeril and Bibron Erp.  Gen. 3 493 t. 35 f. 1.  Inhabits New Holland, T. Bell, Esquire.

Family SCINCIDAE.

5.  Trachysaurus rugosus, Gray King’s Voyage 2 421.  Annals of Natural
History 2 288. 
T. peronii, Wagler Icon t. 36. 
Scincus pachyurus, Peron. manuscript. 
Stump-tailed Goanna, Colonist’s. 
Inhabits Western Australia, Perth.

6.  Trachysaurus typicus.  Brachydactylus typicus, A. Smith South African Journal 1.  Inhabits Western Australia, Perth.

7.  Egernia cunninghami, Gray Annals of Natural History 2 288.  Tiliqua cunninghami, Gray Proceedings of the Zoological Society.  Inhabits New Holland, Liverpool Plains.

8.  Tiliqua whitei, Gray Annals of Natural History 2 288. 
Tiliqua tuberculata, Gray King’s Voyage 2 429. 
Lacerta scincoides.  Shaw Zool t. 81. 
Scincus gigas, Bodd.  S. crotaphomelas, Lacep.  A. Museum H. N. 4 192.  S.
tuberculatus, Merrem. 73. 
Cyclodus flavigularis, Wagler Icon t. 6. 
Inhabits New Holland; Java ?

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