DA JOURNAL, NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY OF SIAM Vol. I. 
whereas the young of Barking Deer are spotted. My own experience 
reverses this entirely, and I believe, in the Malay Sambar, it is now 
recognised that the young are spotted, though at what age they lose 
their spots is uncertain. 
3. Has the Brow-Antlered Deer a spotted coat at certain 
seasons ? Have any heads been obtained with a greater antler measure- 
ment than 54 inches, the biggest given by Blanford? As regards 
Sambar heads, the skull of the Siamese form is as big as, or perhaps 
bigger than, the Indian, but the horns of the Siamese are much 
shorter, though the circumference at the butt or above the first tine 
is frequently as great as the Indian. 
4. Messrs Yates and Rogers, of the Bombay Burma Trading 
Corporation, have reported a black species of Wild Dog. Has any- 
one else ever met with this animal, and have specimens ever been 
obtained ? Where do the (red) Wild Dog (Cyon rutilans) go in the 
dry season? I have observed that they chase the Sambar down to the 
cultivation at the beginning of the rains in May and June; at other 
seasons I never see them. 
5. Nothing is generally known as to whether the two species 
of Rhinoceros occur east of the Menam Chow Phraya, and the nor- 
thern limit of the Tapir ( Tapirus indicus, Siamese ‘“ Samset”) is 
uncertain. 
K. G. GAIRDNER. 
February, 1914. 
No. V.—BREEDING OF THE PAINTED SNIPE. 
It is not surprising to find that the Painted Snipe (Mostratula 
capensis) or “ Painter” breeds within the limits of the ordinary 
Bangkok shooting grounds, as it has been recorded from Calcutta and 
also from Burma, but as far as I am aware it has not been recorded 
from Siam, and more particularly from Bangkok. During the last 
rains I have had two clutches of eggs and two young birds brought to 
me. ‘The first clutch of four eggs was found on the 6th July, and had 
been laid about a week. The second nest, also of four eggs, was found 
on the 11th August, and these eggs had been laid fully ten days. The 
first young bird was caught by Mr. Me.Beth and sent to me on the 
18th September; it was nearly fully fledged and could rise about two 
feet from the ground but could not fly. The other young bird was 
caught about ten miles below Paknampho on the 3rd October, and was 
fully fledged. 
Tt was interesting to note, in these young birds, the curious dis- 
play by which this species seeks to terrorize an enemy, and which has 
been described by Finn in How to know the IndianWaders. . When 
