OF EECENT CEOCODILIANS. 



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In the same work I sei^arated the Indian specimen from the common African Croco- 

 dilus, under the name of Crocodilus palustris of Lesson, and pointed out that it seemed 

 to be the same as the Crocodilus hiporcatus raninus of Miiller and Schegel ; and I 

 described two other very young specimens under the name of Crocodilus trigonops, on 

 account of the shortness and width of the head. 



The examination of the specimens on which these species were founded, and the com- 

 parison of them one with another when ranged in a series, with the other specimens 

 since obtained interlocatcd in their places according to their size, have convinced me 

 that they are referable to mere variations of growth of a single species, which is generally 

 spread over the Indian peninsula. 



Var. Nose narrow, the intermaxillary bones rather longer and narrower. 



Hah. Ceylon (skull, Kelaart). 



Fig. ]. and h. Skull of adult C. homt/ifrons, Gray, 1847. Presented by Capt. Oriel. 



There may be two species of Ceylon Muggars, as in one of the heads the intermax- 

 iUaries appear to be longer and narrower than in the others from the same country. I 



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