The genus to which our common Goldfinch belongs, viz., _Carduelis_, is also probably of Oriental origin, and may be looked upon as one of the earlier migrants. That species (_C. elegans_) breeds throughout Europe, except in the extreme north, but it is especially abundant in Southern Europe and North-west Africa. It is also resident in Madeira and the Canaries. Eastward its range extends to Persia. A larger race (_C. major_) inhabits Western Siberia and crosses the European border into Russia. It interbreeds in Siberia with _C. caniceps_, an East Siberian form. A few instances of Reptiles and Amphibia with a similar range will show that the Oriental migration was not confined to the higher vertebrates. Two species of the genus _Eremias_ (_Podarcis_) occur in South-eastern Europe. This is a genus of Lizards with rather a wide distribution, ranging from Central Asia to South Africa southward and China eastward. Altogether there are twenty-four species, two of which just enter Europe; and of the rest half are Asiatic and half African. Even if the genus were of African origin, it is extremely unlikely that the Asiatic species came by way of Europe. We may assume, therefore, with a fair degree of probability that the two European species wandered westward along with the Oriental migrants. The genus _Ablepharus_ belongs to a family of Lizards in which the legs are either very fully developed, or quite absent as in the Slow-worm (_Anguis fragilis_). It is an ancient genus, having a wide range from Central Asia to Australia on the one hand, and to South Africa on the other. One species of this Scink-like Lizard, viz., _Ablepharus pannonicus_, enters Europe in the south-east, inhabiting Greece as far north as Southern Hungary. In Asia it is found in Syria and North Arabia. This clearly signifies that the Lizard is an Oriental migrant. Among the Snakes which participated in the Oriental migration might be mentioned _Eryx jaculus_, whose home is probably in Western Asia. It is known in Europe from the Greek islands of Tinos and Naxos, from Turkey and Southern Russia. Another, a peculiar worm-like form, lives underground in damp earth and under stones--_Typhlops lumbricalis_. This species inhabits the mainland of Greece as well as the Greek islands, and Asia Minor as far as the Caucasus.