arts, and natural history. Among the many interesting 
specimens in the zoological section attention may be called 
to a skull with very fine horns of a wild Indian Buffalo, Bos 
hubalus^ to a stuffed female Duyong, Halicore dugong^ from 
Tuticorin, 6 feet 9^ inches (2’07 metres) long,^ and to the 
skin of a Sea Snake, labelled as Distir a spiralis ^ said to be 
8 feet 2 inches (2*48 metres) long.f 
In the hall of the Madras Museum there is a collection 
of live animals in cages, comprising gerbils, owl, pigeons, 
jungle fowl, tortoises (Testudo elegans and Testudo tra- 
vancorica\ lizards, snakes, fishes, and scorpions. The 
collection of snakes is particularly representative and instruc- 
tive, including, on the day of my visit. May 1, 1913, 
specimens of : — 
1. The Indian Python, Python molurus. 
2. The Conical Sand-Boa, Gongylophis conicus. 
3. The Indian Sand- Boa, Eryx johnii, 
4. The Painted Tree- Snake, Dendrophis p)ictus, 
5. The Long-nosed Tree- Snake, Dryophis mycterizans. 
6. The Cerberus Water- Snake, Cerberus rhyncops. 
7. The Krait, Bungariis caeruleus. 
8. The Indian Cobra, Naia tripudians. 
9. The Russell Viper, Viper a russellii. 
10. The Carpet Viper, Echis rarinata. 
Madras Aquarium. 
I visited this very attractive aquarium on April 30, 1913. 
Dr. J. R. Henderson, of the Madras Museum, is the 
Director, and Mr. Pareasureamean the keeper in charge of 
the collection. Besides some marine turtles, I saw represen- 
tatives of about fifty -four species of fishes. The following 
list gives a comparative idea of the size of the Madras 
* Dr. J. K. Henderson very kindly had this specimen measured for me. 
t Boulenger (“Fauna of British India,” Reptilia. 1910, p. 401), writes of Hydrophix 
spiralu : “Total length 6 feet (Gunther). I have only seen young specimens.” 
A Sea Snake, prohahly Bistira hrygmami, 9 feet long, from Penang, has been lately 
recorded. Mde Stone. “ Journal Bombay Nat. llis. Soe.,” XXII. Sept. 1913, p. 403, 
