MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Vl\ 



'Color. Above, light yellowish-brown, without dorsal spots, but 

 with a conspicuous black vertebral line running the whole length of 

 the body and tail, as well as the usual tail bands. Head and neck 

 black, with a pale yellowish line along each upper lip, interrupted 

 below the eye. Belly coral pink. Tail below, more or less thickly 

 spotted with black. 



No. 6 is intermediate between the two forms. The usual dorsal 

 >dots are present as well as the conspicuous vertebral line. 



Mr. Bculenger ( Cat. SnaJces, and Fcmna Malay Pen. ) gives the 

 number of ventrals shields as varying from 205-247. The difference 

 in the number in the Siamese specimens is noteworthy. 



Major Wall {Poison. Terrest. Sn. Brit, hid.) in his supplement- 

 ary characters of identification says : — Anterior sublinguals touch 4- 

 infra-labials. The difference in the Siamese specimens will again 

 foe noted. 



Typhlops nvjroalhiis found in the stomach of No. 4 has not yet 

 been recorded from Siam, although I have seen specimens from other 

 parts of the country. 



I am indebted to Mr. Boulenger for identifying this species. 



MALCOLM &M1TH. 



July, 1914. 



No. XIII.—SLITGGISHNESS OF A PYTHON. 



While working on a hilltop of some 250 metres elevation 

 recently, the coolies discovered a python curled up in a small cavity 

 formed by big, loose boulders. The cavity was too small for a man to 

 enter and since the gall bladder was required to make medicine, they 

 finally decided to build a fire of glowing embers in the cavity and 

 roast him oat. The snake, however, preferred to roast rather than 

 face his enemies, who were waiting round the entrance with boulders 

 and axes. After some half hour's time he was so stupefied witl'. 

 smoke that a noose was cast over his head and he was ignominiously 

 hauled out — offering little resistance. 



It was found that the body was burnt in several places and 

 the skin blistered. The python measured just over 4 metres and was 



