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usually among foliage, mostly on low bushes or bracken ; but one fell at my 

 feet from an overhanging bough of a pine some eight feet or so above the 

 ground. 



On the 25th of August I witnessed a little love affair, my attention being at 

 first attracted to a $ which I discovered subsequently was forcing his atten- 

 tions on a $ which he pursued into some grass. A short interval allowed me 

 to catch the pair " iD flagrante delicto". A gentleman told me he had about 

 the same time witnessed a similar scene. The breeding season appears to be 

 very late. 



In life these lizards are most beautiful, the prevailing colour being a light 

 verdant green. The two I caught " in copula " were of a dull green, inclining 

 to an olive-green ; but as soon as they were immersed in spirit, it is perhaps 

 remarkable that the green acquired a much brighter hue, similar to that seen 

 in many specimens encountered in a foliaceous environment. They are, like 

 many other species of Calotes, able to modify their colour considerably so as to 

 harmonise with their surroundings. 



The colour is as follows: Dorsally bright green, rather brighter in the $ 

 than in the 9 • -A- light brown black-edged dorsal band passes forward to the 

 upper temporal crest, and backwards to the base of the tail, where it blends 

 with its opposite fellow. There is a conspicuous black in the fold above the 

 shoulder. The tail, green at the base, acquires a brown hue above and below 

 posteriorly and some darkish ill-defined annuli. The head is green, and 

 several black lines radiate from the eye. The belly is a very light emerald- 

 green, spotted with golden-green. There is a yellow or orange patch on and 

 below the elbow, and another on the knee, running up the anterior aspect 

 of the thigh. 



F. WALL, Major, i.m.s., c.m.z.s. 

 Dibrugarh, Assam, 2bth October 1907. 



No. XXI —ON THE NETS USED BY THE FISHERMEN OF 



NORTH KANARA. 



We are indebted to Mr. R. E. Enthoven for the following particulars of the 

 nets used by the Harkantras, a fishing caste in North Kanara, which he has 

 kindly passed on for the information of our members. Following up Mr. Wal- 

 linger's paper on Estuary Fishing in the Konkan, the details are interesting as 

 illustrating the methods in vogue on adjoining parts of the West Coast of India. 



There is no mention of any Stake Nets equivalent to the " Bhoksi " of the 

 Konkan, but the wall nets are numerous. 



1. " Torke-Bale ".—This is a large net, 50 feet long and 15 feet in depth, 

 with a 12-inch mesh, and is used out at sea to catch large fish, such as Turmai. 

 Karli, Sora and Visan. It is fitted with stone weights and wooden floats, and 

 is fixed in position by means of heavy stones as anchors, and is often left set 

 for several days at a time. It is taken up into the fishing boats and not 

 dragged ashore. 



