September 2, 1922 Vol. VIII, pp. 31-34 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



NEW ENGLAND ZOOLOGICAL CLUB 



FURTHER REMARKS ON THE CHINESE ALLIGATOR 



BY THOMAS BARBOUR 



In 1910 I published 'A Note Regarding the Chinese Alliga- 

 tor' in the Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia (1910, pp. 464-467) which summarized our previous 

 knowledge of the animal. At that time the specimen in the 

 Museum of Comparative Zoology was the only one in an Ameri- 

 can museum. There is now another beautiful mounted example 

 on exhibition in New York in the Museum of Natural History. 

 Since 1910 the creature has not been conspicuous in the litera- 

 ture. In fact I cannot recall that it has been mentioned at all. 



When over a year ago the Wulsin expedition to explore China 

 took the field under the auspices of the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology, Mr. F. R. Wulsin was specially besought to secure alli- 

 gators. This he did. Working quietly, very economically and 

 with no publicity, he accomplished fine results. 



One Ho Ting-Sho, a Chinese assistant, was sent to Wuhu on 

 the Yangtze, and by dint of skilful collecting he secured a beau- 

 tiful suite of individuals, both young and old. 



The most striking feature is the juvenal coloration. Boulen- 

 ger's figure (P. Z. S., 1890, pi. 51) gives no idea of the brilliant 

 markings of the head of the very young, really extremely similar 



