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other i)igeoiis. When Ireslily killed, tiie wliite iiurtioiis of the iiluiuage 

 were of a beaiitit'ul satin-like appearance. 



C. H. FOKTY. 



May, 1917. 



[ This is ail interesting occurrence, as it is onl3- the second 

 record of tliis bird from Siani, and re))reseiits a considerable e.xteii.sion 

 of its range, Accordinc; to i\lr. II. G. Rjbinson ( Journ. F. M. S. ]\lns. 

 \'ol. V, ]). I'lO ) tiie I'ied Imperial I'igeon swarms on the southern 

 islands of tiie Malay Peninsula at certain seasons of the year, but lie 

 failed to meet with it during his expedition in 1913 to the mainland 

 and islands of the district of Bandon, in Peninsular Siani, as lie had 

 evidently e.xpected to do. .Suhse(|ueiitly. in May 1915, H. K. 11. the 

 I'rince of Chumiion taw and ol)tained a solitaiy specimen in the same 

 ])art of the country as Mr. llubinson had visited — vide Vol. II, p. 61 of 

 this Journal. Koii Piiai, which lies in latitude 12 55" N. and longitude 

 100' 35" K , is about 280 miles N. N. E. of Bandon. Eds.] 



No. VII. A Hamadryad's Nest. 



The accompany ing pliot(igrai)h ol the iiest of a Hamadryad 

 ( A'(«''i liunijarus ) which I obtained last year, may be of interest to your 

 readers. It was found early in June in tlie Upper Me Ing, Muang 

 Prayow in a clump of bamboos, close to a small stream. The nest at 

 first sight appeared to be nothing more than an ordinary lieap of 

 leaves, as the eggs were entirely covered up and hidden from sight. 

 I'or the |)Uiposes of I he photograph the}' have been jiartly exposed. 

 Altogether they were 32 in number, tiie young ones inside being 

 nearly fully developorl, and wiiji the white bands upon the body 

 sliowing very clearly. My men told me liiey iiad seen the parent 

 snakes at the nes! thr> d.-iy bi-fore. but there was no sign (if them either 

 when 1 arrived, or afterwards, and as far as I know they iiad not been 

 killed. 



H. \\. JuV.NSON, 



Jan., 1917. 



No. VIII. A Two-headed Snake. 



riirough the kindness of ilr. Lawsoii, I obtained last year, an 

 interesting specimen of a common water siitdie (llumaloi)sis Imccata) 

 showing two well developed heads. The owner of tlie snake, a Siamese, 

 who had kept it alive for some time, stated tliat it ate fisli regularly, 

 devouring alternately with each he.ad. Dissection, however, showed 

 tliis procedure to have been im|)ossible, the extra iiead (the lower 

 one in tlie photograj)!! ), although perfect in all its external characters, 

 was merely attached to the main trunk as regards its more important 

 anatomical structures, 



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