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collection. This was found at Kindat on the East bank of the Chindwin 

 River, Upper Burma, and therefore considerably extends the habitat. 

 This specimen differs from the type in having the scale rows 21 two heads- 

 lengths behind the head, 21 in midbody, and 17 two headslengths before 

 the vent. The ventrals are 225^ and the subcaudals 75, The tail is 

 possibly very slightly deficient. The supralabials are 8, the 4th and 5th 

 touching the eye on the left side, in this specimen. The left side agrees 

 with the type. The posterior extension of the post-nasal so well shown 

 in Dr. Annandale's figure, suggesting a confluence of this shield with the 

 loreal, is again exactly repeated in the Burmese specimen. 



I find the maxillary teeth 17 (possibly 18) on the left side very gradually 

 and slightly decreasing posteriorly. The mandibular teeth are enlarged 

 anteriorly. On these dental characters the species would appear to have 

 better claims to inclusion under Coluber than Ablabes. On superficial 

 characters too it appears to me to have closer aflinities to C. porpliyraceus 

 than any Ablabes. The ventrals are too numerous for Ablabes, and accord 

 with Coluber, and the scale rows accord with Coluber rather than Ablabes. 



Calamaria pavimentata (D. & B.). 



A nice little specimen of this uncommon snake was receiv^ed from Mrs. 

 Jackson, from Tura in the Garo Hills, Assam. The previously known habitat 

 (China, Cochin, China, Siam, Java, Burma) is thus considerably extended. 



The lepidosis is very typical. A prseocular is present. Ventrals number 

 200, and subcaudals 16. The belly is uniform yellowish. 



DlPSADOMORPHUS MULTIFASCIATUS (BlYTh). 



A very juvenile specimen, probably ahatchling, measuring 11 J inches, was 

 killed at Naini Tal, and presented by Mr. C O. Allen. 



It is not such an uncommon snake in the Western Himalayas as records 

 might suggest. In the Indian Museum there are specimens from Subathu, 

 Mussoorie, and Naini Tal ; it has been recorded by Anderson from 

 Simla, and I have had two specimens from the Naini Tal District, two from 

 Mussoorie, and no less than seven reached me in 1914, from Muktesar. 

 It would appear therefore to be as common in the Western as in the 

 Eastern Himalayas, and to favour an altitude above 5,000 feet. 



Hydkophis c^rulbscens (Shaw). 



The receipt of a gravid 2 from Alibag, donor Mr. Alcock, affords useful 

 information of the breeding season. It was captured in June 1917, 

 in the very month and year that 1 captured the first specimen to shed any 

 light on the breeding season. My note appeared in this Journal in 

 Vol. XXV, page 808. Mr. Alcock's specimen measured 2 feet 5 inches, 

 and contained 5 embryos in an advanced stage of develoijment, though 

 not sufficiently advanced to make a study of the lepidosis possible. The 

 brood comprised d 4f", 6 H", 6 4//, ? 4i", and 2 4.f . 



I have now examined well over 60 of this common snake, and it is 

 perhaps remarkable that only 5 have proved to be gravid. A specimen in 

 the Indian Museum 2 feet 2^ inches long contained 5 eggs. Another in 

 the same collection 3 eggs, and a third 6 foetuses. No dates of capture 

 were available with any of these. The specimen I recorded to which an 

 allusion has been already made, was 2 feet 4 inches long, and contained 4 

 foBtuses, one retained from a previous brood. It is evidently not a prolific 

 species, the young varying from 3 to 6. 



Hydrophis mamillaris (Daudiis). 



A fine specimen of this rare sea-snake is an important addition to the 

 Society's collection. It was sent by Mr. Alcock from Alibag. It is a $ 

 measuring 28J inches. 



