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SKETCH OF AN UNDESCRIBED 



3. By the integuments of the head. 



4. By the integuments covering the abdominal surface of the tail. 



5. By its color. 



6. By its food, chiefly consisting of other Serpents, which is not 

 known to be the case with any of the other Ophidians, which shew them- 

 selves rather inclined to evite, than to attack each othei'. 



7. By its size. 



I have often heard asserted, that " Cobras (which name is naturally 

 enough attributed to every hooded Serpent,) L ve been met of an 



enormous size, but I strongly doubt their beio: ging to the Nqjas, which 

 scarcely exceed 5 to 6 feet in length. Some tii ,t before I discovered the 

 /Zrtm«Jr</a5, I was favoured by , ani, Esq. vs ith an interesting 



description of a gigantic .looded . ... , he had observed at Beauleah, 

 and which he remarked was no Cobrp, addnig, he was of opinion, that 

 besides Cobras there are other hooded Serpents in this country. By 

 inspection Mr. Grant denied the Hamadryas to be identical with the above- 

 mentioned, from which it differed in size and color. 



The native name of Hamadryas Hannah is ' Sunkr-Choar'; another 

 hooded Serpent, called ' 3fony-Choar,' is said to attain a much larger size 

 than the former. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



A. Head of the Serpent preparing to atls.. ,.ing the hood. 



B. Front view of the completely expanded hood. 



Plate XI. 



A. The venomous apparatus and the surrounding parts. 



Muscles. 



1. Vertebro-mandibularis. 

 ,2. Cervico-angularis with 

 2' its cutaneous portion. 



