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utterance to the three cries ; but it would be an inter- 
esting point to decide. 
On Monday evening, we reached Tiger Island ; and 
here amid the high mucco-mucco, in the muddy part by 
the waterside, I met with the only snake seen on the 
trip —a large yellow-tail (Spilotes corais) — a perfectly 
harmless creature, but having all the same a bad reputa- 
tion. It was in the a6l of eating an immense toad 
(Bufo agua) ; and as I approached, it made for the 
waterside. There was nothing for it but to shooi it, 
and I was rather amused to see the toad, which the 
snake had released in its final throes, hop quietly and 
slowly away over the soft mud. 
Tuesday was spent at Tiger Island, in order to give a 
full day's sunning to the skins, and to make the final 
packing up of the luggage for the return to the Abary 
Police Station. A hunting party was, however, sent out 
which brought back four fine specimens of the Caraow 
(Aramus scolopaceus) . Next morning early the start 
was made, and though that journey was our last, it was 
by no means the least important, since, besides a young 
waterhaas that was caught by the dogs, seven fine 
specimens of birds, belonging to four species that were 
not represented at all in the Museum, were procured. 
The trip, on the whole, had been a successful one. 
More than 80 skins of birds, very many of them of large 
size, referable to 47 species, and six mammals, of three 
species, besides a few miscellaneous things, were brought 
down in good preservation and suitable for mounting. 
The attempt had been made to procure especially those 
specimens that were not represented in the Museum 
collection, or that were represented only by old 
