Raymond L. Ditmars Reptiles of the World

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In the present work the author has aimed to give in a popular manner a general survey of the reptiles of the world. While the manner aims to be popular, and while the purpose has been to make the book inter esting reading, it is at the same time, the writer hopes, everywhere in accord with the latest results of the seien tific study of the subject; and he believes the special student may find scattered through the volume new information drawn from the author's long and syste matic observation of the various orders of reptiles, their habits, etc. - a course pursued both among the homes and haunts of these creatures in many parts of the world, and in the New York Zoological Park. The scope of the book prevents it from being, as a previous book by the same author was, primarily a volume in tended to be used for identification purposes: it is here designed to consider the class of reptiles as a whole and in a general way. But for purposes of identification the profuse illustrations cannot fail to be serviceable in a high degree.