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than the females: during the pairing-season,<br />

and at no other time, the male utters a hoarse<br />

bellowing noise, which can be heard at the distance<br />

<strong>of</strong> more than a hundred yards; the female,<br />

on the other hand, never uses her voice. (52.<br />

See my 'Journal <strong>of</strong> Researches during the Voyage<br />

<strong>of</strong> the "Beagle,"' 1845, p. 384.)<br />

With the Testudo elegans <strong>of</strong> India, it is said<br />

"that the combats <strong>of</strong> the males may be heard at<br />

some distance, from the noise they produce in<br />

butting against each other." (53. Dr. Gunther,<br />

'Reptiles <strong>of</strong> British India,' 1864, p. 7.)<br />

CROCODILIA.<br />

<strong>The</strong> sexes apparently do not differ in colour;<br />

nor do I know that the males fight together,<br />

though this is probable, for some kinds make a<br />

prodigious display before the females. Bartram<br />

(54. 'Travels through Carolina,' etc., 1791, p.<br />

128.) describes the male alligator as striving to<br />

win the female by splashing and roaring in the

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