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heads, but when lifted from the ground became very vicious, hissing, stretch- 
ing out their necks and attempting vigorously to bite, their whole demeanour 
differing from that of specimens of T. emys I have seen in captivity in the 
Malay Peninsula.’ 
9. Testudo elongata, Blyth 
Kampong Jalor. 
‘ Several specimens were brought us by natives at Kampong Jalor, and 
they said it was common among the granite rocks of a hill in the neighbour- 
hood, named Bukit Bubu (Bald Hill), never being found in the vicinity of 
water. They called it kura-kural mas, or ‘gold tortoise,’ because of the bright 
yellow colour of parts of the shell. In life the soft parts are of a pallid and 
slightly yellowish flesh-colour, and in all the specimens we saw, the nose was 
pink and inflamed, owing to the head and neck having been used as a lever to 
right the animal when it had been turned on its back.’ 
CHELONBDAE 
10. Chelone mydas, L. 
11. Chelone imbricata, L. 
Both the green turtle and the hawksbill occur at the mouth of the 
Patani River. ‘ Their eggs, a perquisite of the Malay raja, are collected in 
enormous numbers, both on Cape Patani and more especially on certain small 
islands off the coast, a little to the north ; but it is difficult to know what the 
turtles feed upon here, as the sea in these parts is almost devoid of sea-grass 
and large algae.’ 
EMYDOSAURIA 
CROCODILIDAE 
12. Tomistoma borneensis, Schlg. & Miill. 
A gavial-like crocodilian was observed by Mr. Robinson, lying on a log 
in the Sungkei River, between Jeram Kawan and Sungkei, South Perak. 
13. Crocodilus porosus, Schn. 
Jambu, Jhering. 
‘ The distribution of this crocodile in the Patani States is somewhat 
local, probably because it needs muddy banks on which to sun itself It is 
abundant on the Jambu River, which is little more than a tidal creek, the larger 
specimens, as a rule, staying some distance up stream, but occasionally 
descending to the sea. On the lower reaches of the Patani River it is scarce, 
I. Kuru-kura is their general name for tortoises, but the large species of Cyclemys are called lelagu, while land 
tortoises are known as banmg, and the Trionychidae as labi-labi. N. A. 
