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frequently heard it attributed by villagers. I have never observed the Kol- 
Bhalu’s cry and the ordinary jackal’s cry uttered by the same animal, 
On one occasion, in the evening whilst returning to my camp, I saw a jackal 
at a short distance off, and having dogs with me I set them after him, but to 
my astonishment the jackal made no great efforts to escape, but ran into a 
small bush a few yards away, and as soon as the dogs came up, the Kol-Bhalu 
cry was uttered ; the dogs stopped and after sniffing round the bush for a short 
time came back to me, I never saw these dogs behave in this manner 
before ; they had always been very keen in attacking jackals and had killed 
many. J can form no reason why this jackal which, from the cry uttered, 
must be called a Kol-Bhalu, was left in peace. Being pressed for time, I was 
unable to go up to the bush and make investigations. 
F, A, HILL, 
BomBay, 30th September, 1893, 
No, IX.—THE FLOWERING OF GRAMMATOPHYLLUM 
BROMHEADII. 
I am sending you a photograph of an enormous orchid, Grammatophyllum 
bromheadit, which flowered during these rains in Rangoon, and as this is, I 
believe, the first instance of its flowering in captivity to perfection, I think the 
circumstance is worth recording, It has, I believe, flowered twice at Kew, but 
on neither occasion was it successful. The habitat is Mergui and the plant 
looks not unlike a sugar-cane, The owner of this plant, Mr. E, 8, Symes, 
Secretary to the Chief Commissioner, has had it for three years, and it has 
never shown any symptoms of flowering before. No special care was taken 
with the plant this season, Mr, Symes describes the spike as 7 feet in length, 
with from 60 to 70 flowers. 
F, E. DEMPSTER, 
RANGOON, October, 1893. 
No. X.—NOTE ON THE THAMIN. 
I have just come across Capt. St. John Richardson’s interesting note on this 
animal, published in No. 2, Vol. VII of the Society’s Journal, und as his obser- 
vations and conclusions regarding the Thamin in Lower Burma differ so essen- 
tially from mine, made on the Chindwin, I should like to add a modest con- 
tribution to what is known of this animal. 
I do not quite understand how the “points ” on a Thamin head are to be 
counted ; the horn is one continuous sweep from the point of the brow-antler 
to the highest point of the horn, and this part is slightly palmated. 
Small excrescences occur on all parts of the horn, very often two or three 
on the brow antler itself, but there only appears to be one regular tine grow- 
ing out of the main horn. 
