180 ON THE STOMACH CONTENTS OF A CROCODILE. 



In the absence of Sir G. Abercromby, Mr. R._ I. PococK 

 exhibited the mounted head of a Kob from East Africa. 



Prof. E. W. MacBride, F.R.S., F.Z.S., exhibited, and made 

 remarks upon, a series of photomicographs of sections through 

 the nuptial callosities of Frogs.of the genera Rana and Alytes. 



Mr. C. E. M. SwYNNERTON, C.M.Z.S., exhibited, and made the 

 following remarks upon, the stomach-contents of a Crocodile : — 



" The crocodile, the contents of the stomach of which are 

 shown in the photograph (text-fig. 1), was shot far up the Duma 

 River, flowing into the Speke Gulf of the Victoria Nyanza from 

 the south, on June 6th, 1922. 



" Natives came to me to complain of a notorious crocodile, that 

 had taken many people, and, as it was several miles out of my 

 way, I sent a scout to deal with it. According to his own 

 statement, the crocodile made an attempt on himself as he sat 

 beside the water, but, at any rate, he shot it, and it was carried 



Text-figure 1, 



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Stomach-contents of a Crocodile. 



whole into my next camp by a large number of natives. It 

 measured only about twelve feet in length, but was of astounding^ 

 girth. The objects shown in the photograph, all of which were 

 taken by me, or in my presence, from the stomach of this one 

 crocodile, were some heavy rings, some lighter bracelets, a blue 

 bead necklace, a piece of dark cord, the tortoiseshell from the 

 carapace of a tortoise (the bones having apparently been digested 

 first), and the quills of a porcupine (eaten last) and bones. 

 Some of the quills still lay in the crocodile's throat, though 

 most appeared to have been swallowed with the porcupine." 



