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Plate XXX (A) — Dry gravelly river-bed 2 miles East of Sodakoer 



(Jaisalmer State). Shrubs in the foreground : 

 Haloxylon salicornicum. Trees in the back- 

 ground Rordia rothii surrounded by a belt of 

 Calotropis procera . . . . . . . . 817 



(B) — Locality as above Haloxylon salicornicum, Cordia 



rothii and grasses . . . . . , . . 817 



Plate XXXI (A) — Hill near Marwar-Lohawat (Jodhpur State). To 



the left a low sand-dune with Calliyonum poly- 

 yonoides, in the foreground Crotalaria burhia, 

 Convolvulus sp., and various grasses . . . . 818 



(B) Typical Fort at Devikot (Jaisalmer State). 



Scanty ruderal vegetation . . . . . . 818 



A Tentative List of the Vertebrates of the Jalpaiguri District, Ben- 

 gal. ( With a Plate). 

 Plate I. — («) Tea with shade trees haunts of Franklinia yracilis and 



other Warblers 820 



(b) Torsa river, the haunt of Ardea insiynis, Meryanser 

 castor, etc. ; the stones in the foreground affording 

 shelter to the Wall Bat {Myotis muricola) . . , , 820 



The Birds of Prey of the Punjab , . . 825 



Plate I. — Fig. 1. — Represents a Buzzard flying directly overhead. 

 2. — Represents a Kite flying directly overhead. 

 3. — Represents a Black-winged Kite flying directly 

 overhead. 

 The Giant Tortoise {Testudo yiyantea) living in Hirumbard, Galle, 



Ceylon 861 



No. 4. 



The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon — 



The Grey-bellied Horned Pheasant {Trayopan blythi) . . . . 88o 



A Tentative List of the Vertebrates of the Jalpaiguri District, Ben- 

 gal. (With a Plate and Map of the Jalpaiguri District) . . . . 988 



Plate II — 1. — A stream rising in the hills, the jungle on the banks 

 being the resort of Pavo cristatus, the Common Pea- 

 fowl, Gallus ferruyineus, the Red Jungle-fowl, etc., 

 and the sand and stones that of (Edicnemus scolopa.r 

 the Stone-Curlew, and other waders . . . . . . 992 



2. — Near view of forest along the banks of a river. Haunts 

 of Ketupa zeylonensis, the Brown Fish-Owl, Polioaetus 

 huvfijli^, Hodgson's Fishing Eagle, etc. . . . . 992 



