1899,] EEPTILES or THE MALAY PENINSULA AND STAM. 625 



2nd. LocaHty unknown, now in Eaffles Museum, Singapore. 



Total length (with lower 1^^^^^ g.. ^^_ ^3 ^^^ 2^ in.)- 



3aw?) J 



Breadth m front of orbits | ^^^^^ ^gg ^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^, -^^^^ 

 (following curve) .... J 

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

 Mr. G. r. W. Curtis. 

 Total length (including 1 ^^^^^ qq^ ^^^ ^g ft. lU in.). 



lower jaw) J 



Breadth in front of orbits 1 ^^^^^ ggy ^^_ ^ f^^ ^ i^.). 



(following curve) .... J 

 This specimen is labelled G, palustris, but I should call it 



C. joorosus. 

 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 ine by Dr. Wilson, measures on its longer axis 80 mm. 



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

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

 Australia, Solomon and Piji Islands. 



27. Ceocodilus palusteis 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. Pauna 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 jMuseum 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, 



1 can see no reason why they should not also be C.porosvs. 



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 bipormtus [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. Prom 1842 

 to 1845 amputations from accidents of this description were 

 unfortunately of no rare occurrence in the General Hospital at 



