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IV. Occurrence of the Hair-crested Drongo ( Chzbia hottentotta) 
near Bangkok. 
In his second Paper on the birds of Siam, Gyldenstolpe states 
( Kungl. Sv. Vet. Akad. Handl., Band 56, No. 2, p. 20, 1916) that he 
‘“‘ obtained a specimen on the Korat plateau (in Kastern Siam ), whieh 
“seems to be about its southern limit in Siam................ Further east 
‘“it seems to extend more to the south, as Dr. Tiraut records it from 
‘* Cochin-China.” 
In view of this remark it is worth noting that my collector 
obtained a specimen at Meklong, about 40 miles E. 8S. E. of Bangkok, 
in February 1918. In the same month, and in the following one, I 
found the bird fairly common in the narrow belt of trees, composed 
largely of fruit-gardens, extending along the river-bank immediately 
to the south of Sathorn road in Bangkok (Lat. 12° 40” N.) and distant 
from there about 2 or 3 miles. I obtained altogether four specimens 
from that neighbourhood, and I imagine the bird must breed there, as 
March is its nesting time. So far, however, I have failed to obtain its 
eggs. 
W. J. F. WILLIAMSON. 
Bangkok, 
April, 1918. 
V. A New Snake and a New Batrachian for Siam. 
To the list of snakes to be found in Siam may now be added 
Pseudoxenodon macrops. 
A fine male specimen of this snake was caught by Mr. C. M. 
Weston in Muang Wang, north of Lakon Lampang, at an altitude of 
about 1,000 feet. It tapes 40 inches with a tail of 74, rather longer 
than Mr. Boulenger’s measurements in the Fauna of British India. 
It also differs slightly in colour from his description, being a 
rich reddish-brown above with a yellowish white chevron-shaped mark 
on the back of the neck, and with black edges posteriorly to 2nd to 6th 
upper labialz. The orange dorsal spots have faded in spirit to a dirty 
white. Ventrals 162; sub-caudals 65. 
Mr. C. A. Sherriff of the B. B. T. C. L., has recently sent me 
a specimen of Megulophrys carinense which he obtained in the Me 
Taw, a tributary of the Me Wang, some miles west of Lakon Lampang, 
at an altitude of 700/800 ft. This batrachian has not previously been 
recorded from Siam. It differs from Mr. Boulenger’s description in 
the Fauna of British India in having two strong groups of vomerine 
teeth between the choanae. Length from snout to vent 110 mm. 
P. A. R. BARRON. 
July, 1918. 
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