ILLUSTRATIONS 



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ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS. (In color.) Frontispiece 



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A. SKULL OF BELODON ..... 5 



1. MAP SHOWING THE PRESENT DISTRIBUTION OF 



CROCODILIA ...... 6 



2. HEADS OF AMERICAN ALLIGATOR AND CROCO- 



DILE ...... Facing 7 



3. ALLIGATOR JOE IN THE EVERGLADES . . " 10 



4. ALLIGATOR HUNTER IN THE OKEFINOKEE . " 10 



5. NEST OF C. POROSUS . . . . . " 21 



6. JACKSON SLOUGH . . . . . . " 21 



7. A TYPICAL ALLIGATOR HOLE. . . . " 23 



8. ALLIGATOR NEST, MADE CHIEFLY OF GRASS . " 25 



9. ALLIGATOR NEST, MADE CHIEFLY OF FLAGS . " 27 

 10. Two SPECIES OF CAIMAN . . . " 35 

 n. Two AFRICAN CROCODILES . . . . " 39 



12. SALT WATER CROCODILE . . . . " 41 



13. SKULL OF GAVIAL, VENTRAL VIEW . . " 43 



14. SKULL OF GAVIAL, LATERAL VIEW . . ' 43 



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