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Typblopid^e. 

 Typhlops braminus, 

 I obtained many specimens but failed to register many of tbem, so 

 the total shown in my list is considerably below the mark. 



The 8 specimens obtained in July 1906 were all recovered from the 

 stomachs of young Kraits (B. candidus), which seem to subsist in the 

 main on these defenceless little creatures. 



BOTD^E. 

 Python molurus. 

 A single young specimen was captured by fishermen in September 

 1905 either in or about the river Gogra, and was kept for some time 

 as a pet by a lady, but refusing dainty offers of food died after a few 

 weeks. Here I may mention that Mr. Prince, of the 85th Regiment, 

 when out shooting in the United Provinces in an adjoining district, 

 encountered and killed a gravid female on March 9th, 1906. It 

 measured 18 feet 3 inches, and contained from 50 to 100 eggs the size 

 of goose eggs. 



COLUBRID^E. 

 Xenochrophis cerasogaster. 



Of this extremely handsome species, for which I think the name 

 lt Painted Keelback " would be most appropriate, I obtained 91 speci- 

 mens, and it is very remarkable that though it is evidently so 

 common in this locality I was resident in Fyzabad for 22 months 

 before I obtained my first example. I must, however, remark that 

 August 1906 provided me with all my specimens, and that in August 

 1905 I was in the Hills. Of this large total 35 were brought me on 

 the 6th August, the cause of this large and sudden influx being attri- 

 butable to extensive floods which inundated many miles of country in 

 the immediate vioinity, so that every knoll that remained above the 

 surface of the water was abundantly tenanted with every sort of 

 refugee, from animals the size of nilghai, cattle, pigs, etc., to those as 

 diminutive as ants. Snakes literally swarmed in every direction, and 

 many hundreds must have met an untimely death besides those that 

 were brought in to me. 



All the specimens at first came from the banks immediately bordering 

 the water, but a few days later some specimens were sent to me which 

 had been encountered in and about Cantonments and even in habitations 

 a little distance removed from the water. 



