CROCODILES. 57 



1. Gavialis, Menem. Gaviala, Flem. 

 Ramphostoma, Wagl. 



Jaws very long, subcylindrical, slender, rather dilated and con- 

 vex at the end. Teeth canines 2, quite anterior, small, lower 

 canines shutting into a nick in the edge of the upper jaw. Feet 

 fringed ; toes webbed to the tip. The cervical plates united to, 

 and forming a disk with, the dorsal ones. Males with a large 

 swelling in front of the nostrils. Asia. 



The Gaiual or Nakoo. Gavialis Gangeticus, Gray, Syn. 56. 

 Geoff. Mem. Mm. xii. Dum. et Bib. E. G. iii. 134, t. 26, /. 2. 

 Lacerta Gan. Gmel, S. N. i. 1057. Shaw, Zool. iii. t. 197, t. 60. 

 Crocodilus longirostris, Schild. Am. 160. Daud. Rept. ii. 89. Cuv. 

 Ann. Mus. x. t. 1, 2. C. acutirostris, Daud. R. ii. 293. C. tenui- 

 rostris, Guv. Ann. Mus. x. t.l. Tiedem. Amph. 1. 15. Wagler, Sys. 

 t. 7,/. 111. Menem, Tent. 38. Le Gavial, Lacep, Q. O. i. 235, t. 

 15. Faugas, Mont. S. P. 235, t. 8, 46, 47. The narrow-beaked 

 Crocodile, Edw. Phil. Trans, xlix. 639, t. 19. 



Olive, black-spotted. 



a. In spirits, young. India. From Dr. Mantell's collection. 



b. Stuffed, young, length 24 inches. India. 



c. Stuffed, young. Length 27 inches. India. 



d. Animal, dry. Length 31 inches. Presented by S. P. Pratt, Esq. 



e. Stuffed. Length 33 inches. Nepal. 

 /. Stuffed. Length 52 inches. India. 



g. Skull of adult. Length 29 inches. India. Presented by Capt. 

 Oriel. 



h. Skull of half-grown animal. Length 18 inches. India. Pre- 

 sented by J. E. Gray, Esq. 



i. Head of adult. India. Mus. Sloane. 



2. Mecistops. Gavialis, Muller. 



Jaws oblong, slender, depressed, flat, without ridges. Teeth une- 

 qual, lower canines fitting into a notch in the side of the upper jaw. 

 Feet fringed ; toes webbed to the tip. The cervical plates in 3 or 

 4 cross series, united to the dorsal shield. Males without any 

 swelling in front of the nostrils. 



Bennett's False Garial. Mecistops Bennettii. Croco- 

 dilus leptorhynchus, Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1835, 129. C. 

 cataphractus var. Bennett, P. Z. S. 1834, 110. 



Muzzle elongate, very slender, rather tapering, with a small 

 tubercle on each side over the second canines, which are rather in 

 front of the middle ; nuchal shields 2, far apart, small, with some 

 scattered ones; cervical shields 4, in two bands; dorsal shields 

 equal, square, bluntly keeled, the two first small. 

 a. Adult, stuffed. W. Africa, Gambia. Mr. Kendal's collection. 



