if CONTENTS 



l'AGE. 



A new species of Alga, Conferva Thermal is Birdwoodii (with 

 Illustration) discovered among the Hot-water Algss from 

 Vajrabai, . exhibited before the Botanical Section on J 5th 

 March 1886, by Surgeon K. R. Kirtikar, LM.U 135 to 138 



Note on frequency of Parasites in Indian Army Horses, by V. S. 



J. H. Steel, A.V.D 138 to 142 



List of Birds collected and presented to the Society, by Mr. A. H. 



Newnham, S. C, 10th N. 1 142, 143 



Zoological Notes — 



On an Oligodon (Subpunctatus ?~) found at Dahanu, North 



Konkan, March, 1886, by Mr. G. Vidal, 0. S 144 



Pteropus Edwardsii, by Mr." E. H. Aitken 144 



White-ants, by Mr. E." H. Aitken 144 



Poisonous Lizards, the Bis-cobra, by the Editor ... ... 145 



On Conjugal Infidelity among Birds, by Mr. W. E. Hart ... 145 



Botanical Notes — 



Note on the Feronia Elephantum (Elephant or Wood Apple) 



as a timber tree, by Mr. Frank Rose ... ... ... ...146, 147 



Proceedings of the Society during the Quarter ... ... ...147 to 151 



Waters of Western India — Part II., Konkan and Coast — by a 



Member of the Society . ...153 to 175 



Bird-nesting on the Ghats, by Mr. J. Davidson, CS. ... ...175 to 183 



Note on some Post-pliocene Molluscs from the Byculla Plats, by 



Mrs. W. E. Hart 183 to 194 



The Birds of South Gujerat, by Mr. II. Littledale, Baroda ...194 to 200 



Note on a Recent Paper, by Dr. Bonavia on the Mango, by 

 Surgeon K.R. Kirtikar, I.M.D., Acting Professor of Anatomv, 



Grant Medical College, Bombay '. 200 to 203 



A Catalogue of the Flora of Matheran, by the Hon. H. M. Bird- 

 wood, Vice-President ... ... ... ... ... ...203to214 



A List of the Butterflies of the Bombay Presidency in the Society's 



Collection, with Notes, by E. H. Aitken "... ... ...215 to 218 



Zoological Notes — 



Note on the Homalopsidce. in the Society's Collection, by Mr. 



James A. Murray, Curator, Karachi Museum ... .. 219 



Note on the conduct of a Tame Pigeon, by E. H. Aitken ... 220 

 Note on Danais dorippus, by Mr. A. T. H. Newnham, S. C. 



10th N. I ib. 



Note on Locality, by Mr, A. T. H. Newnham, S. C, 10th 



N.I. .." 221 



Note on the Breeding of Parra indica, bv Lieutenant H. 



Edwin Barnes .' 221 to 222 



Note on Reversion to Primitive Types, by R. A. Sterndale ...222 to 223 

 Some Notes on Abnormalities in the Horns of Ruminants, by 



Mr. J. D. Inverarity .".223 to 224 



Botanical Notes — 



Note on the Gloriosa svperba (N. O. Liliacea), tl Superb 



Lily," by Mr. Frank Rose, P. W. D 226 



Note on the Gloriosa superba, by Surgeon K. R. Kirtikar ...226 to 227 

 Uses of the Flower of P and anus odoratissimus, bv Mr. Frank 



Rose, P. W. D 227 to 228 



Freak in a Zinnia pauciflora observed and exhibited by Mr. 



Frank Rose, P. W. D ' ...228 to 229 



Note on the above, by Surgeon K. R. Kirtikar 229 to 230 



Proceedings of the Society during the Quarter ... ...230 to 243 



