NOTES ON SNAKES COLLECTED IN OPPEii ASSAM, 623 



The (Iharaan is of :i very dark colour in this part of India, many opecimens 

 being sepia or black with the markings much obscured, so that at a very short 

 distance they appear uniformly coloured. 



One 3[)ecimen, which was brought alive, but fortunately so damaged in the 

 hind part of the body as to find progression difficult, struck out fiercely at me 

 pouching the throat, and uttering that curious groaning note that I have 

 heard no other snake produce. My wife who was with me at the lime was 

 also struck at and heard th3 noise to whish I refer distinotly. One was re- 

 reported to have been attacking a fowl when observed and killed. 



