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Stieler's Hand Atlas – new ed.¹

TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN

25 Oct 1879.

My dear Wallace

I delayed a post to answer you, for I could not lay any hand on the Slip with the names of the two or three Seychelles Snakes. Nor can I yet. But a note to Gunther² or O'Shaughnessy³ of the B. M. would give you their names at once — In the quiet parts of the Islands they were common enough & captured more for my chickens than the people liked. I hope the following answers are not too short.

Amphibia — Coecilia eostrata. C. oxyura.

Rana mascarnensis D & B [Duméril & Bibron]. and Megalixalus infrarufus Gth the latter found on Screw Pines. It is a long green & yellow tree frog.

Snakes —

Lyandi — Chamolio tigris. on Bamboo.

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Euprepsis seychellensis, ? = E. cyanogaster

Platydactylus cepedianus

[Platydactylus] seychellensis

Hemidactylus peronii = I always could tell the Island & rock – the specimens of the first came from. They differed in size & color. But still they were all one species according to Gunther —

Land Shells,

See Nevills Paper. Proc Zool. Soc 1868 p 257⁴— 1869. p 61.⁵ and Martins in Bd 3. Abt 1. of Decken's Reisen in Ost Afrika⁶ — The most noteworthy species was Achatina fulica.

From Malagasy.

Except the references in the Preface to Bakers Flora Mauritius — I do not know of any. Of course Oliver⁷ at Kew could tell at once.

Uprising— I never saw a trace of any such phenomenon — now & then [3] a Crocodile bone is dug up from a former swampy spot — but there are no [illeg.] — everything seems to point to depression.

There is a short mem. Sur les Archipels des Comores et des Seychelles par M^r H. Jouan in mem. de la Soc du Sc Nat de Cherbourg Tom XIV pp 45 to 123⁸that might repay a perusal.

I have not yet got a copy myself of Animal Life. but [illeg.] especially ask that one may be sent to you. — I hope the inclose may be of some use. but do not hesitate to send me queries —

Very Sincere[ly] Yours | E. Percival Wright⁹ [signature]