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Notes on Indian Butterflies. By Lt.-Col. W. H. Evans, 



F.Z.S., F.E.S 1021 



Description of a New Snake of the Genus Contia, B. and 



G., FROM Persia. By G. A. Boulenger 1024 



Bombay Natural History Society's Mammal Survey of 

 India, Burma and Ceylon. Report Nos. 30, Deccan 



(Poona District), and 31, Nilgiris 1025 



Progress of the Mammal Survey....' , 1036 



Obituary Notices : F. Hannyngton, i.c.s., E. W. Ellis, 



i.F.s 1037 



Miscellaneous Notes :— . 



I. Large Kashmir Stag Head (Cervus cashmi- 

 rianus) {icith text-hlock'). By C. Gilbert 



Rogers ....1038 



II. Porcupine's method of attack. By C. R. S. 



Pitman 1039 



III. Porcupine's method of attack. By Ran- 



dolph C. Morris 1040 



IV. Caracal (Felis caracal) and Hunting Leopard 



(CynceUiriis juhatiis) in Mirzapur, U. P. 



By G. 0. Allen, i.c.s 1041 



V. "Field Rats in the Deccan in 1879. By J. 



Davidson 1042 



VI. Note on the eggs of Prinia inornata. The 



Indian Wren- Warbler. By F. Field 1043 



VII. Note on the Nightjar (^Capi'wfulgus cegypU- 



cus). By Major W. M. Logan Home 1043 



VIII. Strange behaviour of a wild bird. By 



Major J. E. M. Boyd 1043 



IX. The Blue-breasted Quail (Excalfactoria 

 ' cliinensis) at Mirzapur. By H. Whistler, 



■ F.Z.S., M.B.G.U. 1044 



X; Birds of different species nesting in Com- 

 pany. By G. 0. Allen, I.C.S. .1044 



