| Tribus. | Cameleoniens. | Cuv. |
| Genus. | Chamæleo. | Lacép. |
Species 2.—Chamæleo vulgaris.
- Chamæleo vulgaris. Daud. Rept. IV. 181.
- Chamæleo carinatus. Merr. Syst. Amph. p. 162.
- Lacerta chamæleon. Linn. I. 364.
FOOTNOTES:
[82]Voyage, ii. 20.
[83]Desmarest states, (Ency. Meth. note), that he cannot find any work of Lacépède in which the genus Fennecus is proposed.
[84]Perhaps M. Cuvier was led into this mistake by an error of the pen or press, in M. Desmarest’s translation of Bruce’s description of the animal. Bruce says, “from the snout to the anus, he was about ten inches long;” the translation, “Ce Fennec avoit six pouces de longueur, depuis le bout du nez jusqu’ à l’origine de la queue.” The same mistake occurs in M. Geoffroy Saint Hilaire’s quotation of Bruce; but this cannot be a misprint, for the length is not expressed by the word six, but by the Arabic cypher 6.
[85]Taken as the stuffed specimen stands.
[86]Oubara seems to be a general name for the Bustards in Africa. A smaller species than the present, of that country, has received this name as a specific title from M. Gmelin.