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DESCRIPTION OF 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The Wanna Cogli was sent in July, 1 7 88, by Dr. Roxburgh, from Samul Cottah. 
The Wanna Pam, Wanna Cogli, Neerogady, and Neergady, are only several names for 
the same species. 
A snake, which I received from Bengal, under the name Kurharria, is also the same, 
with only a little variation in the number of sub-caudal squamae. 
Abdom.Scut. 14 4. 
Sub-caud. Squam. 7 7. 
No. XII. 
COLUBER. 
Abdominal Scuta 17 81 
344. 
Sub-caudal Squama I 66 J 
Called by the natives Passeriki Pam , Pastiletti. Coluber Mycterizans , Linn. Syst. J\ r at. p. 38 9. 
The head much broader than the neck, oblong, depressed above, rounded on the sides, 
then compressed, and contracted at the eyes, protruding into a long, straight, angular, 
pointed rostrum, which resembles the beak of a bird, with a small, soft, obtuse, reflex, 
process, at the extremity. 
The occiput is covered with sub-orbicular, imbricate, scales; the crown and rostrum with 
eleven laminae: the two anterior of which are pyramidal, rounded at the base ; the next pair 
nearly of the same form, but larger; next, a small pair triangular: the central lamina be¬ 
tween the eyes, spatula-form, those on the sides, conical; the posterior pair semi-cordate. 
The mouth wide, the upper jaw a little longer than the lower, the scale in front not emar- 
ginate. The teeth reflex, slender, sharp; the anterior in both jaws less close, thicker, and 
longer: a marginal, and two palatal rows, in the upper jaw. 
The eyes lateral, large, oval, prominent; of a golden colour. The nostrils small; on the 
side of the rostrum near the apex. 
The trunk somewhat triangular, the back being slightly carinated, the sides declining, 
the abdomen flattish. The scales linear-lanceolate, loosely set on the neck and fore part of 
the trunk, but on the rest closely imbricate. The scales on the ridge of the back, and those 
next the scuta, are rounder, or ovate. 
The length (a large subject,) four feet six inches, of which the tail comprehended one 
foot ten inches. The circumference of the neck three fourths of an inch, the thickest part 
