. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1958 99 Vol. 78 BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB PURCHASE ~ J AUG1958 Volume 78 Number 6 Published: 1st September, 1958. Owing to the proximity of the meeting arranged at short notice by the for the 21st May, 1958, no club meeting was held in May. Ornithological Nomenclature and Nomenclatorial Procedure This treatise by the late Captain C. H. B. Grant has now been published. Copies are obtainable from Mr. C. W. Mackworth-Praed at the Bird Room, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, Price 7/6d. Snake and Lizard
. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 1958 99 Vol. 78 BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' CLUB PURCHASE ~ J AUG1958 Volume 78 Number 6 Published: 1st September, 1958. Owing to the proximity of the meeting arranged at short notice by the for the 21st May, 1958, no club meeting was held in May. Ornithological Nomenclature and Nomenclatorial Procedure This treatise by the late Captain C. H. B. Grant has now been published. Copies are obtainable from Mr. C. W. Mackworth-Praed at the Bird Room, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, Price 7/6d. Snake and Lizard Predators of Birds by Captain Charles R. S. Pitman Received 8th November, 1957 These notes are almost entirely concerned with Africa. Part II. SNAKES \m) Cobras The bird and egg-eating cobras include: (a) Egyptian, (b) "Spitting", and (c) Cape — all three being terrestrial; (d) Black-lipped, which is partially aquatic; and (e) Gold's, a forest species which is to a great extent arboreal. All these snakes grow to a considerable size, some of them to as much as 9 feet in length. General. Rose (17) p. 287, speaking generally of cobras says that they eat birds, and again on p. 297 "feeds on birds' eggs"; also (18) p. 25 "will eat fowls' eggs as opportunity ; Villiers (9) p. Ill, records that birds are included in the diet of cobras. Isemonger (28) p. 83, says that eggs are one of the main items in a cobra's diet. Mr. H. G. Symons {in litt.) from Natal: "Seen a cobra swallowing well- feathered guinea fowl ; Mr. A. F. Ayre writing from Kenya tells of a cobra (probably Naja haje) about seven feet long which swallowed eight hen's eggs and evidently struck the hen, which died. It approached the nest from above along a frame, from which it had to bend down to seize the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of the
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