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Another year I shall certainly take a supply of strychnine, and try and 



poison some of these destructive animals, which not only kill a great number 



of deer, but drive away game of all kinds. 



R. G. BURTON, Captain, 



1st Infantry, Hyderabad Contingent. 

 Jalna, 31si May, 1899. 



No. XXI.— FOOD OF THE KING COBRA AND KRAIT. 

 On the 26th March, 1898, while working on the Bagho Bahar tea estate, 

 one of the coolies brtught me a fair sized Hamadryad which he had killed. 

 He said that he had watched it killing and eating another snake. On examin- 

 ing the specimen and the contents of its stomach, I found that it contained 

 a fine Banded-Krait (^Bvngurus fasciatus) vhich it must have killed while 

 feeding on a grass snake which was half way down the Krait's throat. 

 Measurements of the three snakes were as follows : — 



The Hamadryad 7' 5i" 



The Krait ... 3' li" 



The Grass Snake 2' 9" 



A. M. PRIMROSE. 



SiLCHAR, 3Iay, 18?9. 



No. XXII.— NESTING OF THE BLACK EAGLE. 



There are few that have had the good fortune to take a nest of the Black 

 Eagle {Neopus malalenses) and its nidification in South India has not been 

 authenticated as far as I know. 



Davison and Margan, both ardent naturalists, failed to discover a nest of 

 this fairly common bird o-i the Nilgiris, but Mr. Lawson Margan has taken a 

 nest of this Eagle in the Wynaad early in January, 



It would be interesting to know where this handsome bird breeds and 

 where the eggs have been taken. 



W. MAHON DALY. 



Lakon, Siam, 20i/i May, 1899. 



No. XXIIL-A FLYING SNAKE, 

 On the 4th February last when I was marching to my camp atThinganny- 

 inaung, with my Kareen interpreter, we both clearly saw a snake, about 

 2i feet long, sail from a very high tree on one side of the road to a lower 

 one the opposite side. 



I have related this fact to men who have spent many years in Burma 

 and Siiim, but it is astonishing to say not one of them will believe it. I can 

 find no record of a flying snake, so this note, I hope, will be interesting. 



The ''fljing" lizards (Draco) and flying squirrels are common here, so why 

 no-t a so-called flying snake ? 



W. MAHON DALY, 

 Lakon, Siam, 20th May, 1899, 



