706 

 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



No. I.— THE MEASUREMENTS OF THE LARGEST PAIR OF INDIAN 



BISON'S HORNS (BOS GAURUS)m THE POSSESSION OF THE 



BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



Length of Right Horn, round the curve 39" 



Do. Left do. do. 



Round the entire sweep of both horns 

 Circumference of Right Horn, at the base. 



Do. Left do. do. 



Space between the tips, straight across 

 Inside span ... ... ... 



Outside span 



According to Mr. R. Lyddekker,* the gaur's head in this Society's Museum, 

 the measurements of which are given above, is the largest specimen on record. 

 The animal is said to have been killed by wild dogs in Salwen in Burma, and was 

 presented to us by Mr. A. J. A. Jardine in 1897. 



W. S. MILLARD, 

 Honorary Secretary, Bombay Natural History Society. 



93A" 



20£" 



20|" 



m" 



35A" 

 43*" 



No. II— THE FOOD OF THE COMMON KRAIT (BUNGARUS 



CANDID US). 



I append another incident in further support of the belief that kraits subsist 

 mainly, if not exclusively, upon other snakes. 



A warder in the jail here whilst going his rounds last night encountered a 

 krait (Bunf/arus caiulidus) which he captured in the act of devouring some creature. 

 A small portion of a tail was at the time protruding from the mouth. I killed 

 the snake which measured 2 feet 7f inches, and upon investigation found it 

 contained an adult Lycodon milieus, 1 foot 65 inches in length. This latter was 

 swallowed head first and lay at full length within the krait, the tail-tip being 

 about 5 inches from the mouth. The head and forebody were in an advanced 

 state of digestion, but the caudal extremity, including about two-thirds of the 

 body, appeared to be quite unaffected by the digestive process. It was especially 

 interesting as the victim proved to be a female, heavily pregnant with four eggs 

 which I judged to be very nearly matured. These were very elongate; one, 

 which was typical of all, measured 1| inches by § inch. 



F. WALL, Capt., I.M.S. 



Cannanoee, January 20th, 1904. 



No. III.— THE FLAMINGO (PIICENICOPTERUS ROSEUS) 



BREEDING ON THE RANN OF CUTCH. 



(With a Plate.) 



A note on the subject of the flamingo breeding in India, sent by Capt. C. D. 



Lester, appeared amongst the miscellaneous notes printed in the Bombay 



* The Great and Small Game of India, Burma and Thibet by R. Lyddekker, F.R.S., F.Z.S , 

 F.G.S., 1900, 



