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The skin, as regards distribution of hair, resembled that of an adult buffalo, 

 and in its thickest part measured f". The contents of the stomach consisted 

 of wild mangoes and other fruit, leaves and twigs of a tree not recognized, and 

 also twigs and leaves of a species of bamboo known locally as " Kayen-wa." 



This cow had evidently quite recently dropped a calf, as she was in full milk. 

 No calf was with her, though search was made near by, nor were any foot- 

 marks of a calf discovered. Tt is highly probable that the calf was killed by a 

 tiger a few days after birth, move especially as the old cow was found to be 

 severely bitten on one hind leg. The udder had two fairly large teats, each of 

 which showed eleven largish openings. 



2,ather more than half a pint of milk was drawn off. It was thin watery of 

 a bluish tint, had a very pronounced saline taste, but no markedly distinct 

 odour. When discovered she was lying in a rocky pool. On being hit she rolled 

 over on her side, but immediately recovered herself and charged, closely fol- 

 lowed by a second rhino (bull), who had been up to this time unobserved, as he 

 was behind some rocks. Fortunately a very lucky shot, at about six paces, 

 killed the wounded animal, and as she fell her consort at once turned tail. 

 When charging the wounded one gave peculiar grunts and kept her jaws open 

 as though with every intention of biting. The people about the hills state that 

 rhinos do bite. 



G. H. EVANS, F.L.S., Major. 



Kangoon, 10th July 1904. 



No. XIII.— LATE STAY OF SNIPE. 



In No. IV of Volume XV I read some notes on the above subject. I am 

 inclined to the opinion expressed by Mr, Aitken, viz., that there are places 

 where seclusion and good fare tempt a few birds to defer their migration. 



In Lower Burma the snipe season may be said to be September and October, 

 i.e., we find the first snipe in about the middle of August and they are very 

 scarce towards the end of October. Nevertheless, some snipe, after migrating 

 temporarily somewhere or other, .return to certain grounds in Lower Burma 

 where good bag$ may be made in January and February, and I have on one 

 or two occasions shot 10 to 15 couple early in March. ■ 



A large number of birds come to these particular grounds in some seasons, 

 at others not so many. They evidently come more or less all together, as the 

 number does not increase and a successful weekly visit means so many birds les? 

 for the next shoot. I have frequently seen a few (perhaps two or three couple 

 of birds) on the edge of the Myitkyo swamp as late as the middle of April. 



In Upper Burma they may also be found very late on certain grounds ; for 

 instance, last year in Kyaukse district there were any number of snipe on a 

 ground where some fields were being irrigated from a tank. Unfortunately 

 no snipe cartridges were at hand, so they were not molested, but with straight 

 shooting a bag of twenty couple might have been made. This was on the 

 lGth, 17th and 18th April. In this district there are certain very late grounds, 

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