22 MB. W. THEOBALD, JUK., ON THE 



foot had been torn off. As remarked by Cantor, these animals 

 are found in the sea, but more usually, I suspect, in or near the 

 mouth of some tidal channel or estuary ; and on the Arakan coast, 

 I have been cautioned by the Birmese not to loiter near the water 

 after dusk, for fear of crocodiles. Night is the time when they 

 are most on the alert, to surprise any animals which may come 

 down to drink ; and as darkness closes in, one or perhaps more of 

 these creatures may be seen stealthily swimming about the broad 

 tranquil river-reaches, almost invisible, save as a dark streak in 

 which none but the practised eye would recognize so formidable a 

 foe. 



Q-ATiALis, Geoffroy * *. 



G-, QANGETICUS, Cuv. 



Blyth states that this species occurs in Birma ; but I cannot 

 discover on what authority, neither have my inquiries enabled me 

 to verify it. Major MacMaster gave me a young specimen in spirits 

 in Rangoon which had been sold among the eftects of a Bengal 

 officer ; but as no native whom I have ever questioned was ac- 

 quainted with the animal, I am disinclined to admit the species 

 into the present list. It is most probable that the record of its 

 occurrence was based on an imported specimen. 



Order SAURIA. 

 Family MONITOEID^. 



Vabakus, Merrem (part.). 



V. NEBULOsus, G-ray. 



a. Adult male. Hangoon. 



Colour pale reddish brown, mingled with yellow, and yellow- 

 spotted. No marking beyond some indistinct streaks about the 

 nape, and dark bands towards the extremity of the tail. Head 

 yellow. 



a. Body 1500. Tail 22-50. Total 37-50. 



h. adult female. Shuighin. 



Body 20-00. Tail 32-00. Total 5250. 



V. DBAC^NA, L. 



Colour above uniform dark blackish broAvn, with here and 



