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UISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 191 
In the Rev. Dr. F, Mason’s work, “ Burma, its People and Productions,” 
re-written and enlarged by W. Theobald, we find that in Vol. II, page 308 
Burma is included as a habitat of this snake, 
The flesh of the Python, as is the case of some other snakes, is eaten by 
many Burmans, and is esteemed a delicacy amongst the Karens, The gall 
bladder is much valued by the latter people for medicine, Karens and 
Burmans assert that the female incubates her eggs; that the female and male 
make a kind of nest of leaves, &c., the female coiling herself over the eggs, 
while the male keeps guard in the neighbourhood, 
F, WALL, Carr.,, I. M.S. 
Gro, H. EVANS, A. V. D. 
Rancoon, 30th December, 1899. 
No, XVIJI—RHINOLOPHUS AFFINIS, HORSF., 
The Society has received a specimen of this handsome bat, which was 
taken by Mr, E, H, Aitker, 
The specimen is of the “ golden-orange-brown” variety. The measure- 
ments are head and body 60 mm., tail 22 mm., forearm 47 mm., ear from base 
of inner margin 18 mm., which agree very closely with those given by 
Blanford, except, curiously enough, that of the forearm, which is 5 mm, shorter, 
Blanford writes that the species is one chiefly frequenting areas of heavy 
rainfall, nevertheless it is worth while to record its actual capture near 
iBombay. 
Rosr, C. WROUGHTON, I. F.S. 
Bombay, February, 1900. 
No, XTX.—NOTES ON CASARCA RUTILA (THE BRAMINY DUCK) . 
AND NYROCA FERRUGINEA (THE WHITE-EYED DUCK). 
C. rutila :—A malé shot on the 3rd instant, was still undergoing a moult. 
The old, frayed feathers are very pale buff, but the new ones which are 
sprouting out on the upper breast are very deep orange-brown, 
Another snared on the 4th instant, in Nepal, has already assumed a beauti- 
ful black collar on the lower neck ; it is most distinct, This must surely be 
abnormally early, as Blanford says it is only assumed about March. 
Nyroca ferruginea :—A female procured on the 2nd instant, has got a few 
white feathers, forming a spot on the foreneck. It has also a large white 
spot on the chin, much larger than my only female specimen of Nyroca baeri 
has got. It reaches right down to the base of the lower mandible. 
Cuas, M, INGLIS. 
JAINAGAR, MApHuBANI, TirHuT, 8th February, 1900. 
No, XX.—THE WESTERN WHITE-EYED POCHARD. 
Tn looking over Mr, Oates’s Manual of the Game Birds of India (Bombay, 
1899), I find it stated that the Western White-eyed Pochard, which he calls 
