NOTES ON SNAKES COLLECTED IN FYZABAD. 



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I show these specimens in tabular form 



Q 



Remarks. 



1905. 



22nd April 

 2nd May 



1st October 

 3rd October 

 23rd March 



1908. 



29th March 

 11th April 

 16th July 

 17th July 

 18th July 

 27th July 

 11th August 

 18th August 

 20th August 

 22nd August 

 Do. 



$ 



9 



$ 

 $ 

 $ 



9 



9 

 $ 



9 

 9 



9 

 $ 



9 



l' 

 r 

 l' 



u 8 



72" 



Ai.il 



Ai." 

 *2 



o 3// 



^8 



3|" 

 1H" 



9i" 



Of" 



11 J" 



3|" 



0" 



10|" 



10*" 



9|" 



2±" 



3i" 



4.3// 



8 

 93// 



3|" 



4" 

 4" 

 3A" 



Killed inside house at night. 



19 ventrals between navel 



and anal. 



Anal entire. Killed in a well. 



Detached fragment of parietal 

 forms a pseudo temporal. 



192 45 



381 52 



193 47 

 193 45 



181 55 

 195 50 

 187 50 



182 52 

 179 53 

 189 50 



Contained 5 eggs in abdomina. 



Loreal absent on both sides. 

 On the left the praefrontal 

 meets the 2nd labial, on the 

 right it fails to, and the 

 post nasal touches the prae- 

 ocular. A detached frag- 

 ment of the parietal forms 

 a pseudo temporal. Con- 

 tained 4 eggs in abdomina. 



Hypsirhina sieboldii. 



Of the 12 examples acquired, 8 were males, 3 females, and one was 

 not sexed. 



They were all captured during or subsequent to flood time in August. 



Nearly all were young of the year, at least ten being so. Whether the 

 12f inch specimen was so, is very doubtful, I am inclined to regard it 

 as a second year specimen. There was only one adult. This is very 

 probably due to the activity of this species, and would be better mani- 

 fested by the adults which I know have great command of progress in 

 the water. 



Many of the young were brought alive, and their progress on land is 



