1899.] EBPTILES OF THE MALAY PENINSULA AND SIAM. 623 



Museum Catalogue says of this species : it " reaches a length of 

 4-5 metres " (14 feet 9 inches). 



Hah. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo 



25. Ceocodilus siamensis Schmidt. 



Crocodilus siamensis, Giinth. Kept. Brit. Ind. p. 61, pi. viii. 

 fig. B ; Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 282. 



But little seems to be known of this species, first described 

 from a skull sent by French missionaries from Siam to the Paris 

 Museum, about, or before, the year 1801. 



The only specimen in the British Museum was procured in 

 Cambodia by M. Mouhot ; it is 1*38 metres long. It is not re- 

 presented in the Siamese Museum so far. 



Hah. Siam, Cambodia, Java. 



26. Ceocodilus poeosus Schn. 



Crocodilus porosus, Cantor, p. 16 ; Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. 

 p. 62 ; Blgr. Cat. Chel. etc. p. 284 ; S. Flower, P. Z. S. 1896, 

 p. 862. 



Crocodilus pondiceriamis, Giinth. Eept. Brit. Ind. p. 62, pi. vii. 

 Localities. This crocodile is exceedingly numerous in every 

 suitable locality in Malaya, and is also found in the tidal rivers of 

 Siam. Malay fishermen tell me that formerly crocodiles were to 

 be seen aloug the coast of Penang, but now they tliought they 

 were only to be found on the coast of Province AVellesley, on. 

 the mainland ; these men, that I happen to know, however live 

 and work on the east and north coasts ; and Mr. Wilkinson, Straits 

 Settlements Civil Service, tells me some crocodiles still remain in 

 the swamps on the west or seaward side of the island. 



Every year many people lose their lives in the Peninsula by 

 being seized and carried olf by crocodiles, and many extraordinary 

 stories are told of them. 



In Kedah, in May and June 1898, I found this species as 

 numerous as I had previously in April 1895. In the Prye and 

 other rivers of the Province Wellesley there are still many 

 crocodiles ; I have seen specimens in Mr. A. G. B. Van Som- 

 meren's collection at "Strawberry," Penang Hill, and in the 

 possession of Mr. A. H. B. Deunys. In Perak it is also numerous, 

 as testified by specimens m the Taiping Museum. Col. Prowd 

 "Walker, C.M.G., has a specimen caught in the lake of the Taiping 

 public park ; and Captain Duff, of the s.s. ' Thaipeng,' which runs 

 between Georgetown, Penang, and Port Weld, Perak, tells me he 

 frequently sees them in the estuaries of Larut. In the museum 

 at Kuala Lumpor there are many specimens killed in Selangor. 

 In the quieter parts of Singapore Island crocodiles can always 

 be found, and at times they even wander into the busiest parts. 

 I hear, on good authority, that one was shot in the spring of 1898 

 from the Tanjong Pagar wharf, where all the big steamers from 

 Europe, India, and China lie, and day and night there is a constant 

 bustle of men, mails, cargo, and coal. 



