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Genus CROCODILUS. 



676. A newly excluded Crocodile (Crocodilus ?). 



Jfab. Unrecorded. 



677. The Nilotic or Common Crocodile (Crocodilus vulgaris, Cuv, , 



Lacerta Crocodilus, Linn.). 

 Fig. Cuv. Ann. Mus. x. 40. Linn. Syst. Nat. 655. Cat. of Crocodiles 



in Brit. Mus. p. 61. 

 flab. North Africa. 



678. The Common Crocodile (Crocodilus vulgaris, Cuv.). 



Hab. Africa. 



679. The Common Crocodile (Crocodilus vulgaris, Cuv.). 



Hab. North Africa. 



680. The Common Crocodile (Crocodilus vulgaris, Cuv.). 



Hab. North Africa. 



Genus GAVIALIS, Geoffroy. 



681. The Gangetic Gavial (Gavialis gangelicus, Geoffr.). 



Fig. Bum. et Bib. E. G.'iii. 134. t. 26. fig. 2. Cat. of Reptiles in Brit. 



Mus. p. 57. 

 Hab. The Ganges. 



Order V. CHELONIA (TORTOISES). 



Body short, depressed. The bones of the thorax external, surrounding the 

 muscles of the body like a case, out of which the head, limbs, and tail are 

 protruded. Jaws toothless, covered with a horny coat. 



Family 1. Cheloniada, Gray. 

 Genus CHELONIA, Brongn. 



682. The Green or Edible Turtle (Chelonia viridis, Tern. ; Chelonia 



mydas, Schweig.). 



Fig. Tern. F. Tap. 18. t. 4. figs. 4-6. Schweig. Prod. 29 1 . Cat. of Rep- 

 tiles in Brit. Mus. p. 54. 

 Hab. Atlantic Ocean. 



