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Show 1899.] REPTILES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 625 2nd. Locality unknown, now in Raffles Museum, Singapore. Total length (with lower) , , n W ,„,, n, . . iaw ?f I aDout 9'' m m* (^ ft- 22 m * ) - Breadth in front of orbits 1 , . ,OD ,. », _, . . (following curve) .. .. } about 4 3 8 m m- ^ ft 5 ? m ' ) ' 3rd. From Pahang, now in Taiping Museum, presented by Mr. G. F. W . Curtis. Total length (including 1 ^ ^ 9 Q 1 (2 ft< n , ^ lower jaw) J v a 7 Breadth in front of orbits 1 , . 00r, ,, j, 0i • \ /r n . x }• about 387 mm. (1 ft. 3i in.). (following curve) .. .. J v * ' This specimen is labelled G. palustris, but I should call it C. porosus. Colour (in life). Dark olive-brown (sometimes nearly black) and bright lemon-yellow. Iris yellow. Egg. An egg, supposed to belong to this species, from Johore, given me by Dr. Wilson, measures on its longer axis 80 m m. Hab. India, Ceylon, Burma, South China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines, New Guinea, North Australia, Solomon and Fiji Islands. 27. CROCODILUS PALUSTRIS Lesson. Crocodilus vulgarus, Cantor, p. 15. Crocodilus palustris, Giinth. Rept. Brit. Ind. p. 61, pl. vii. fig. A ; Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 285 ; Blgr. Fauna Brit. Ind., Rept. p. 5 (skull fig. p. 2). The Marsh-Crocodile or Mugger is recorded from the Malay Peninsula on the authority of Cantor, and because of a young specimen from Singapore in the British Museum. In the Taiping Museum are two skulls which Mr. L. Wray refers to this species, one from Pahang, given by Mr. G. F. W . Curtis (mentioned above), and a rather smaller one from Sapetang, given by Mr. A. T. Dew; but after examining them and comparing them with skulls which Mr. Wray acknowledges to be C. porosus, I can see no reason why they should not also be G. porosus. Cantor's account of this species is very interesting, but it is an open question whether he has confused it with C. porosus or not. H e writes :-" It inhabits not only rivers and estuaries, but also the sea-coasts (Malayan Peninsula and Islands), and may in calm weather be seen floating at a distance of two to three miles from the shore. Although numerous at Pinang and the opposite coast, it appears to be less so than Crocodilus biporcatus [i. e. porosus]. Fishermen while working the nets are not seldom attacked by crocodiles, and would, but for their presence of mind, oftener than they do, forfeit their lives. When seized they force their fingers into the eyes of the crocodile, which immediately lets go its utonf ov1ri8tc4ut5inma ,tae mwlpyhu oto afit sni of nursra trhefe rroo cmrce usarccruceeinddc eebn yt isn hi ostf hc etoh mGirsean dederessa.clr iHpoFtsirpoonimt a1wle8 ra4et2 |