MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 519 



Thinking the incident of interest we brought the bird to camp to shew to a 

 friend. On his return from the jungle I asked the Burman who had accompa- 

 nied me, to produce the bird, which he did. He had removed the mass of gum 

 from the feathers but had it in his hand, and shewed the position it was in when 

 the bird was found. We placed the bird on a tree alongside the hut and he 

 went up it in style, tapping all the way. It did not prove a land of milk and 

 honey, so on reaching near the top he flew off to another tree without any 

 difficulty, where he again promptly commenced operations. It was late in the 

 evening and he was evidently very hungry, as he was most assiduous in the 

 search for food. 



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

 Rangoon, 11th June, 1905. 



No. XXVII- FOOD OF PYTHON MOLURUS. 

 On my return to camp on the afternoon of the 24th April 1905, a friend who 

 had been up a stream fishing, informed me that the Burmans with him had 

 captured a python measuring over nine feet. On opening the reptile they 

 found a pheasant. My friend asked the Burmans to keep the snake, but on my 

 return all but the head of the snake and the pheasant (which was not quite 

 fresh) was cooked for the evening meal. 



The head of the snake showed that it was that of a Python molurus and the 

 pheasant was a Genna'us Oatesi (Grant) or G. linealus (Vigors). Both varieties 

 were not uncommon in the jungles near by. 



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

 Rangoon, 11th June, 1905. 



No, XXVI II.— BREEDING OF THEBANDED KRAIT (BUNGARUS 



FASCIATUS) IN BURMA. 

 The following note may prove of interest. On the 17th May I received a 

 letter from Mr. J. D. Hamilton, I. F. S., in which he mentioned that on the 

 day previous, while digging up some elephant tusks, he came on a Krait 

 (Bungarus fasciatus) with eight eggs and four young. The female had 

 sloughed before going underground and when found was poor in condition. 



During the afternoon of the 17th he kindly sent me the female with two 

 hatchlings, also the egg shells of which there were eight in three lots — five in a 

 cluster, two cemented together, and one single. 



The ' Krait ' though possessing a nice clean skin was distinctly thin. On 

 being touched about the body she promptly flattened herself in an extraordinary 

 manner, and on being irritated hissed, but made no attempt to strike. She 

 shewed no concern whatever about the youngsters, however much they were 

 molested. The snake was very sluggish. 

 Measurements :• — 

 Length 3' 11£" 

 Tail 4" 



