12 NAJA. 
following list was furnished by a very intelligent Mohammedan, who has 
had much experience, and who, though not a snake-catcher originally by 
profession, has been one for several years, and is exceedingly expert in 
catching and handling these reptiles. The first great distinction made 
by these people is between cobras with spectacles on the hood, or 
‘Gokurrahs,’ and those with one ocellus or other mark on the hood, 
named ‘ Keautiahs.’ They maintain that these are distinct species, 
and that they vary considerably not only in appearance, but in habits 
and properties. Some gokurrahs, however, have no mark on the hood. 
“The Gokurrah has the following varieties :— | 
“1. Kala, black ; 2. Koyah, black and white; 3. Gomunah, wheat- 
coloured ; 4. Puddah, yellow coloured; 5. Dudiah, whitish coloured ; 
6. Tentuliah, tamarind seed coloured ; 7. Kurrees, earthy coloured ; 8. 
Tameshur, copper coloured ; 9. Puddun nag, golden coloured. The 2nd, 
3rd, and 7th are the most common varieties about Calcutta. 
“The Keautiah has the following :— 
“1. Kala, black ; 2. Tentuliah, tamarind seed coloured ; 3. Kurrees, 
earthy coloured ; 4. Sonera, gold coloured ; 5. Dudiah, whitish coloured ; 
6. Bans-buniah, mottled white and black; 7. Giribungha, brownish 
coloured ; 8. Koyah, black and white coloured ; 9. Sankha-mookhi, like 
the Sankni or Bungarus fasciatus, black and yellow. The Cobra is 
called in many parts of Hindostan ‘ Kala samp,’ ‘ Nag samp.’ The Ist, 
2nd, and 6th are most common about Calcutta, and no doubt in different 
parts of Bengal many other varieties are described, and different names 
are given to those above-mentioned, for the natives are fond of refining 
on points of this kind.” 
