Halys Hinialaytalus, 23 inches long, occurs in the Hatu mountain near Kotgurh, ia very common in the N.IV. Himalayas. It is brownish-green to brownish-black above.
Hypnale nepa, Kara willa, TAM., a much dreaded snake, 19 inches long, found in Malabar, Animallay, Ceylon ; colour brown, or grey, or reddish-olive. .
Pelamis bicolor, a sea-snake, with four varie ties,—a: black above, sidee and belly brownish olivo ; 0. a second, back black, belly and aides brown ; v. a third, black of back narrow; a. fourth, yellow, with 50 brown bands. It abounds in all the eastern seas. It is very poisonous.
Enhydrina Bengalensis, a very virulent sea snake, common in the tidal waters of the Sunder buns and Bay of Bengal ; 3G to 48 inches long. One killed a fowl in seven minutes.
Platurus Fischeri, a sea-snake, 30 to 48 inches long, found in Tollys nullah, a tidal stream near Calcutta.
Hydrophis Jerdonii, Anderson, 36 indica long. H. robusta, Fischer., 70 inches, occurs 011 the coast of India and in the Archipelago.
II. crassicollis, Alukrson, 51 inchea long., is found in the tidal streams near Calcutta.
H. cyanocineta, 69 inches long, is common in the 13ay of Beng,al, the Archipelago, and China, and Japan seas.
H. Stewartii, .Anderson, is 38 inches long, occurs at Puri, Cuttack.
if. nigra, Anderson, is of a uniform dense black, occurs at Puri, Cutthek.
H. nigrocincta, 23 inches long, colour yellow, with complete rings of a black colour.
II. coronata.
• H. chlorosis. See Reptiles, pp. 386, 393. SERPENT EAGLE, Circaetus gallieus, Gmel.
Common serpent eagle. I C. brachydactylus, Meyer.
Sap-maril, . . . BENG. l'amula gedda, . TEL.
Mal-patar, . . . CAN. Rawul . of tbe WAGIII, Samp-mar, . . . HIND Kondatelle of thevEasati. PAM bu prandu, . TAM.
This serpent eagle is found in the south of Europe, North Africa, connnon all over India and Asia; has been killed in Denmark, but never in the British Islands ; prefers the open ground, questing like a harrier. It eats any creature, but snakes and lizards are its chief food. Hovering in the air, and suddenly like a stone pouncim, down, it seizes with its talons the snake by the lack of the head, and the snake often twines its body around the bird and encumbers it.
Spilornis cheela, Daud., Crested Serpent Eagle.
Falco albidus, Cia. C. Nepalensis, Hod.
F. undulatus, Vigors. Buteo bacha, Frunkhn.
Circaetus undulatus, Jerd. B. melanotus, Jen!.
I Tilai-baj, . . . BENG. Botta-genda, . . GOND.
Sab-cbeer, Furj-baj, „ Murayala, . . . Mana.
Goom, . . . . CAN. Nalla pamula gedda, TEL.
The crested serpent eagle is found all over India, in Assam, and Burma. It lives on snakes, lizards, rats, frogs, and insects.
S. bacha, Dared!, from Java and Sumatra; is the Falco bido of Horsfield.
S. spilogaster, Blainr., from Ceylon and Southern India.
S. holospilus, Vigors, is from the Philippines.