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and a somewhat rare Simotes species known on account of its 
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uniform red colour as “ ngu tiing fai (amalw).” 
Of names for the Hamadryad (Naia bungarus) there are several, 
the common black variety, with or without whitish or yellowish cross- 
bars on the body, being known to the central and southern Siamese as 
“ngu hao dong, (3 Yi aoa)” and tothe Payap people as “ngu hao hawm 
(3 vm an) ” and the olive-brown or pale variety being generally known 
as “ngu chong arng, (sqnaens).” In the same way the black 
variety of the Cobra ( Naia tripudians ) is known to the Siamese as 
““ngu hao maw, (3 LlvIAN a), and to the Payap people as ‘“‘ngu hao 
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pak, (3 yu n).” and the lighter coloured form as ‘‘ngu hao pluak” or 
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“ phiierk (3 MIAN or iwan).” 
There is a certain kind of big poisonous snake in the Chiengmai 
district known to the people as ‘‘ngu hao kaw kam (aiwange).” 
It is said to be a hill denizen, but occasionally comes down to the 
neighbouring plains. It grows to the size of a man’s thigh, and has a 
uniform black colour, with a patch of golden-yellow on the throat, 
hence the name. It is notoriously aggressive in disposition, and its 
bite is fatal to man. 
From this description of the snake one might consider it a 
variety of the Hamadryad with the ordinary whitish or pale-yellowish 
throat. But since the natives claim it to be distinct trom the Hamad- 
ryad, and L have not seea the snake myself, I shall be interested if any 
of your realers can tell ms what the ‘“ngu hao kaw kam” of the 
North really is. 
Luanc WInIT WANADORN. 
August, 1918. 
VOL, III, NO. I, 1918. 
