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Show 446 LORD L I L F O R D O N T H E B R E E D I N G [June 1, series of spines on the tail, the two central ones being much smaller, while the outer ones are of extraordinary size and appearance. The inferior surface of the tail is occupied by smooth elongate scales in about 17 transverse rows, a very large, flat, unguicular plate at the commencement of each alternate row accompanying each of the large lateral hooks just described, but belonging to the lower surface of the tail. As regards the teeth, this species exhibits the arrangement characteristic of the Lizards of this group. There are two very distinct front teeth in each jaw, then a cutting-edge, followed by a series of lateral teeth. The general colour of the body is olive-grey, with brownish tints, and minute darker spots scattered over the back ; hind limbs reddish on their outer surfaces; tail deep red; chin variegated with dark markings. The measurements are as follows :- millims. Length from tip of snout to extremity of tail .... 190 of tail 61 of fore limb 52 of fourth front toe 14 of third front toe 12 of hind limb 67 of fourth hind toe 17 of third hind toe 14 6. On the Breeding of the Flamingo in Southern Spain. By THOMAS LYTTLETON, L O R D LILFORD, F.Z.S. [Eeceived June 1, 1880.] Having during the summer and autumn of last year (1879) received the two nests now on the table and some four dozen eggs of the Flamingo (Phoenicopterus antiquorum) from Southern Spain, I think that some remarks of m y own, and a iew extracts from letters on the subject, may be of some interest to the Society. The notes of Mr. Howard Saunders on the nesting of the Flamingo (in the'Ibis'for 1871, p. 394) are probably well known to all present who take an interest in European ornithology. Mr. Saunders also exhibited some eggs of this species from Andalucia, at a meeting of this Society on June 24, 1869; but, so far as I am aware, these are the first nests of this bird which have reached this country. Exactly the same story as that recorded by Saunders about the nests, eggs, and manner of sitting of the Flamingo was related to me, and repeated at various times, by his informant, Manuel Llanos, of Coria del Rio, a village situated on the right bank of the Guadalquivir, some seven or eight miles below Seville. This individual is the possessor of a house in Coria, with a few acres of vineyard at a |