6'22 ME. STANLEY S. TLOWEB, ON THE [May 16, 



The colours, in life, of this Bangpakong turtle were : above 

 dark olive-green, with pale olive-green markings, and a broad pale 

 yellow margin to dorsal leather-shield (except in front) ; under- 

 neath it was pale yellow and buff immaculate. Five pale longi- 

 tudinal lines on the neck. Iris golden. 



Hab. Ganges, Burma, China, Siam, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, 

 Philippines. 



Order EMYDOSAURIA. 

 Family Ckocodilidj;;. 



Siamese. " Takliay." 



Malay. " Buaya." 



H. J. Kelsall (J. S. B. E. A. S. no. 26, 1894, p. 8) says that 

 Crocodiles are said to occur in the Kahang river, in the interior 

 of Johore, and are called " bagin " by the Jakuns, both on ordinary 

 occasions (p. 55) and when using the Camphor^ language (p. 47). 



The Malays tell me there are two sorts of Crocodile in the 

 Kedah river — the usual one (C. jyorosus), which grows to a great 

 length, and is of comparatively slender build, and a rarer one, 

 which does not usually grow long, but is very bulky ; one of this 

 sort was killed near Alor Star on the 24th May, 1898, which 

 was about 4'26 metres (14 feet) long ; I arrived at the place next 

 day, but was, unfortunately, too late to see the body ; possibly 

 this may be Crocodilus palustris. 



24. ToMiSTOMA scHLEGELi (S. MiiUer). 



Tomistoma schlegelii, Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 276 ; Blgr. P. Z. S. 

 1896, p. 628. 



" Buaya jinjulong " of the Selangor Malays accordiug to A. L. 

 Butler, and of the Perak Malays according to L. Wray. 



The Malay Gharial is now known to occur in the States of 

 Perak and Selangor, on the west coast, and of Pahang, on the east 

 coast of the Peninsula ; it is apparently unknown in Kedah. 

 Besides the specimens in the British and Taiping Museums, from 

 the Perak river, I saw, in December 1896, tv\o skins from the 

 same river belonging to Captain H. C. Metcalfe, 58th Eegt. 

 In the Kuala Lumpor Museum there is a specimen from Kuala 

 Selangor, 1895, given by the late Captain H. C. Syers. In August 

 1897 I saw a large skull, said to be from the Pahang river, be- 

 loDging to Mr. J. H. Lindsay ; the gharial is said to have seized 

 a dog swimming in the river, and to have been subsequently killed 

 by the dog's master some miles up-stream from Pekan. 



Size. Ilie Pulo Tiga specimen sent by Mr. Wray to the British 

 Museum measured 2-64 metres (8 feet 9 inches). The British 



* The Jakuns, while on the search for camphor (Br^obala iiops aromatica, 

 Gaerfcn.), taboo their ordinary language, and use a special one; not only the 

 men searching in the jungle, but also their famihes left in the villages conform 

 to this ancient superstition. 



