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kurrahs; those without it, but with another mark, or ocellus, 
on the hood, are called Keautiahs. 
No. 1. Kala, or black. No. 6. Tentuliah, tamarind- 
2. Koyah, or black and seed-colored. 
white. 7. Kurrees, earth-colored. 
3. Gomunah, or wheat- 8. Tameshur, copper-col- 
colored. ored. 
4. Puddah,yellow-colored. 9. Puddun-nag, — golden- 
5. Dudiah, — whitish-col- colored. 
ored. 
The most common varieties about Calcutta are the 2d, 3d, 
and 7th. Of the Keautiahs there are also 9 varieties, viz.: 
No. 10. Kala. No. 16. Giribungha, — brown- 
11. Tentuliah. ish-colored. 
12. Kurrees, 17. Koyal, 
13. Sonera, golden-colored. 18. Sankha Mookhi, black 
14. Dudiah. and yellow. 
15. Bans Buniah, white or 
black mottled. 
Nos. 10, 11, and 15 are most common in the vicinity of 
Calcutta. In Hindostan the Cobra is called Kala Simp, Nag 
Simp in Vizagapatam, and Bengal, Nagoo. 
Russell describes the following varieties, viz. : 
No. 19, called Chinta Nagoo, Coluber Naja, Linn. 
Length 4 ft.; diameter more than 1/7. Head hardly broader than the 
neck, short, broad ovate, obtuse; crown depressed from the eyes, con- 
tracted, compressed and declining toward the rostrum; laming ten; 
scales on the occiput small, orbicular, and oval; mouth large; lower jaw 
has few teeth, upper jaw two rows; two fangs; eyes small, prominent ; 
nostrils close together, gaping. 
When the reptile is at rest the neck is little wider or thicker 
than the head, but when provoked the loose skin is extended 
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