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Introduction .. ... ... ... • •• ••• ••• 1 to 3 



List of Members... ... ... ... ... ... ... - 3~ixs 8" 



Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Collection of the Bombay 



Natural History Society ... ... ... -8- * ■;> 14 



Catalogue of Birds as yet in the Collection of the Bombay / o 



Natural History Society 44 to 2+ 



Eggs received chiefly from Mr. Davidson 1 2 2i to -£2 1 



The Society's Library iPi 22 tc28.f 



Note on an Undescribed Hamalopsida, by the Rev. F. Dreckmann, . j. 



s.j ^r 24" « x 



Note on a Probable New Species of Ibex, by R. A. Sterndale, f.z.s. $4- to ■%& 

 Note on Mygale Fasciata, by Captain T. R. M. Macpherson ^? W to BH 5- " 

 On the Mimicry shown by Phyllornis Jerdoni, by Mr. E. H. Aitken. -28 



Notes on "The Birds of Bombay," by H. Littledale 29 to 35 



On a Hybrid, Ovis Hodgsoni, cum vignei, discovered and shot by 



Mons. H. Dauvergne, by R. A. Sterndale, fz.s., &c. ... 35 to 3/ 



Birds' Nesting in Rajputana, by Lieut. H. E. Barnes, D. A. C. ... 38 to 62 

 On the uses of Pandanus or Screw Palm, taken from the Journals 



of the late Handley Sterndale, with Prefatory Remarks, by 



his Brother R. A. Sterndale, f.r.g.s., f.z.s. 62 to 68 



A Note on Pandanus Odoratissimus or Screw Palm, by Dr. 



Kirtikar, I.M.D ' ... 68 



Zoological Notes — 



On Variation in Colour in Ursns Labiatus, the Sloth Bear, 



&c, by R. A. Sterndale ... ... ... ... ... 69 



On the Flying Squirrel of Western India ... 70 



On a Species of Pigmy Shrew ... ... ... ... 70 



On the frequency of Albinoism in Cutch, by Mr. A. T. H. 

 Newnham, S. O, 10th N. I., with Notes by Mr. E. H. 

 Aitken ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... 71 



Botanical Notes — 



On an instance of fructification in a Staminiferous Plant, 



Carica Papaya, by Surgeon-Major G. Bainbridge, I.M. D.... 72 



On Abnormal Development in Musa Sapientum, by Surgeon 



K. R. Kirtikar, I.M.D 73 



Note on Agaricus Ostreatus ... ... ... ... ... 73 



On the Fruit of Trapa Bispinosa ... ... ... ... 74 



Note on Kasra or Scirpus Kysoor ... ... ... ... ... 74 



Note on a supposed Root-Parasite found at Mahableshwar in 



October, 1885, by Mrs. W. E. Hart 75 to 77 



Memorandum, by Dr. D. Macdonald, M.D., Vice-President of 



the Society, on the Species of Balanophora, found and de- 

 scribed by Mrs. W. E. Hart 



List of Bird Skins from the South Konkan 



,, „ from Burmah and other parts of India 



Catalogue of Snakes in the Society's Collection ... 

 Proceedings of the Society during the Quarter 

 A Sind Lake, by Capt. E. F. Becher, R. A., f.z.s. 



Notes on the Waters of Western India, by a Member of the Society. 97 to 123 

 On Abnormalities in the Horns of Ruminants, by R.A . Sterndale, 



f.z.s. ,&c ...123to126 



A List of the Bombay Butterflies in the Society's Collection, with 



Notesby Mr. E. H. Aitken 126tol35 



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