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5. Cerberus rhyncops:—Nine specimens, obtained in the Rangoon river 
and neighbouring creeks, and the Hlaing river. 
Labials—11R and L (1), 11 R (1), 11 LQ), 12R(). 5th. touches the 
eye, R(1). 
Ingesta-——one caught swallowing an eel. 
Much the commonest Homalopsid about here. 
6. Chrysopelea ornata:—EHleven specimens, obtained from Rangoon, and 
Districts of L. B.,* and Mandalay, U.B.t 
Frontal—equals distance to end of snout (6), greater (2). 
Labials—nine, with the 5th and 6th touching the eye (7), 
Temporals—1+2 L (1). 
Ventrals—The last is invariably bifid like the anal, 
Subcaudals—i00., 
Scales—At first sight, the black median line on the scale conveys the idea 
of keels being present ; but a more careful scfutiny shows this keeling to be 
indistinct, in fact it is a difficult matter in some specimens to decide 
whether keels are present or not. We, however, decided that keels were 
present in seven out of eight specimens specially examined, 
Colour—All our specimens correspond to type B, except two, m which 
orange vertebral spots were fairly distinet (type C). In adult specimens, there 
is often a tendency for the black and gold to distribute themselves in such a 
way as to form alternate transverse bars, butthese are very indistinet, In 
the young, however, there are very distinct alternate bars in the eniire length, 
the black are broader than the golden, and the golden vary so that each 
alternate one is slightly thicker, and more distinct. 
It has been captured several time on trellis work round tennis courts, and 
in verandahs, and sometimes in the grass, We have seen one perched ona 
thick naked limb of a tree, about thirty or forty feet from the ground, which 
rose almost perpendicularly. Here it lay apparently watching some prey, 
with its head downwards, and its body thrown into abroad 8, whereby it 
obtained a remarkable grasp on the trunk, 
Ingesta—gecko (1). 
7. Coluber radiatus :—Seven specimens, obtained in Rangoon, and Dis- 
tricts L, B.,* and Myingyan U.B.+ 
Length 5! 2”, 
Temporals—1 + 3R (1),2+31L(2),2+4R (1). 
Ventrals—246. 
Subcaudals—51 to 106, 
Ingesta—A fall grown rat (1). 
Ova,one killed on 15th July,1899,contained nine eggs with no trace of embryo, 
8. Cylindrophis rufus :—One specimen, obtained from Wuntho, U.B. + 
9, Dendrophis pictus:—Three specimens, obtained in Rangoon, and Dis- 
tricts of L, B,* 
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* Lower Burma. + Upper Burma, 
