. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 79 through its cage having inadvertently lieen exposed for too long an interval to the sun's direct rays, and, as it happened, liefore any conhnnatory evidence could be obtained concerning the remarkalile anil)u- latory attitude of the species as is here placed on record of the West Australian examples. On the voyage home in the "Glengarry" from Singapore the several specimens were, while within the tropics, allowed a daily constitutional run on deck at the end of a liberally long tether, their liberty being as highly apprecia
. The naturalist in Australia. Natural history. 79 through its cage having inadvertently lieen exposed for too long an interval to the sun's direct rays, and, as it happened, liefore any conhnnatory evidence could be obtained concerning the remarkalile anil)u- latory attitude of the species as is here placed on record of the West Australian examples. On the voyage home in the "Glengarry" from Singapore the several specimens were, while within the tropics, allowed a daily constitutional run on deck at the end of a liberally long tether, their liberty being as highly appreciated l^y themselves as was the sight of their strange gait and attitudes by an interested circle of fellow voyagers. It is worthy of note that the habits of Chlamy- dosaurus were found to be strictly diurnal and in that respect contrary to those of the large arboreal Monitors or Yarani which, as is well known, take advantage of the dark hours of the night in outlying settlements for visiting and robbing the heiu-oosts of both eggs and young chickens. The Frilled Lizard is guilty of no such nefarious practices and retires to rest with the sun, creeping into a hollow log or clinging perpendicularly to a tree-trunk or other suitable j support in the attitudes indicated in the top corner illustration of this page. This picture portrays a fine pair that shared for awhile, with the author, the accommodation of a mosc[uito-proof room in the verandah of Mr. G. S. Streeter's establishment at Broome. ^HHHH p i I FEILLHD LIZARDS ASLEEP. â. W. Sacille-Xenl, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kent, W. Saville (William Saville), d. 1908. London, Chapman & Hall
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