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whereas the young of Barking ]3eer are spotted. My own experience 

 reverses this entirely, and I believe, in the Malay Sambar, it is now 

 recoonised 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 

 bit'O'er 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 aiiy- 

 one else ever met with this animal, and have specimens ever been 

 obtained? Where do the (red) Wild Dog (Gifon riUilans) go in the 

 dry season ? 1 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 ( Tapiriis indicus. Siamese " Samset ") is 

 uncertain. 



K. G. CAIRDNER. 

 Fehntanj, 1914. 



-t- No. v.— DREEDIXf^ OF THE PAINTED SNIPK. 



It is not surprising to find th;tt the Painted Snipe (L'ostrataJn -f- 

 capensis) or "Painter" breeds within the limits ot 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 )Uore particularly Irom 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 Gth 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 full}' ten days. Tiie 

 first voung bird was caught by Mr. Mc.Beth and sent to me on the 

 ISth'September ; it was nearly fully fiedged and could rise about two 

 feet from the ground but could not ily. Tlie other young bird was 

 caught about ten miles below l^aknampho on the 3rd October, and was 

 fully fledged. 



It was interesting to note, in these young birds, the curious di.s- 

 plav by which this species seeks to terrorize an enemy, and wliicii has 

 been described by Finn in iloir to hioir tJie Indian Waders. When 



