1899.] EEPTILES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND STAM. 625 



2nd. Locality unknown, now in EaEBes Museum, Singapore. 



Total length (with lower! , , ^^-^r ^oc^. m- \ 



hwn f ^"01-1*' 977 mm. (3 ft. 2| in.). 



jaw?), 



Breadth in front of orbits! , ^.oo /ix-^m- \ 



(following curve) . . . . | ^^out 438 mm. (1 ft. 5^ m.). 



3rd. From Pahang, now in Taiping Museum, presented by- 

 Mr. G. r. W. Curtis. 



Total length (including !,^^^^ 9^^ ^^_ ^2 ft. lU in.), 

 lower jaw) J ^ ■^ ' 



Breadth in front of orbits! , , ^r,^ /i f*. qi • \ 



.p ,, . , \ about 387 mm. (1 it. 3t m.). 



(loJlowing curve) • . • . J •* / 



This specimen is labelled (7. palustris, but I should call it 



C. porosus. 



Colour (in life). Dark olive-brown (sometimes nearly black) 

 and bright lemon-yellow. Iris yellow. 



Egg. An egg, supposed to belong to this species, from Johore, 

 given me by Dr. "Wilson, measures on its louger axis 80 mm. 



Hah. India, Ceylon, Burma, South China, Siam, Malay Penin- 

 sula, Java, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines, New Guinea, North 

 Australia, Solomon and Piji Islands. 



27. Ceocodilus palttstkis Lesson. 



Crocodilus vulgarus, Cantor, p. 15. 



Crocodilus palustris, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 61, pi. vii. 

 fig. A ; Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 285 ; Blgr. Fauna Brit. Ind., Eept. 

 p. 5 (skull fig. p. 2). 



The Marsh-Crocodile or Mugger is recorded from the Malay 

 Peninsula on the authority of Cantor, and because of a young 

 specimen from Singapore in the British Museum. 



In the Taiping Museum are two skulls which Mr. L. Wray 

 refers to this species, one from Pahang, given by Mr. G. P. "W". 

 Curtis (mentioned above), and a rather smaller one from Sapetang, 

 given by Mr. A. T. Dew; but after examining them and comparing 

 them with skulls which Mr. Wray acknowledges to be C. porosus, 

 I can see no reason why they should not also be C. porosus. 



Cantor's account of this species is very interesting, but it is an 

 open question whether he has confused it with C. porosus or not. 

 He writes : — " It inhabits not only rivers and estuaries, but also the 

 sea-coasts (Malayan Peninsula and Islands), and may in calm 

 weather be seen floating at a distance of two to three miles from 

 the shore. Although numerous at Pinang and the opposite coast, 

 it appears to be less so than Crocodilus hip>orcatns [i. e. porosus]. 

 Fishermen while working the nets are not seldom attacked by 

 crocodiles, and would, but for their presence of mind, oftener 

 than they do, forfeit their lives. When seized they force their 

 fingers into the eyes of the crocodile, which immediately lets go 

 its victim, who is further rescued by his comrades. From 1842 

 to 1845 amputations from accidents of this description were 

 unfortunately of no rare occurrence in the General Hospital at 



