No. 2.] 



APRIL 1886. 



Vol. I. 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



BOMBAY 



Edited by 

 E. H. AITKEN and R. A. STERNDALE. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



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



On a Hybrid, 0<vis Hodgsoni, cum <vignei, discovered and shot by Mons. H. 



Dauvergne, By R. A. Sterndale, F.z.s., &c 35 to 37 



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 Ursus Labiatus, the Sloth Bear,&c, By R.A. Sterndale. 69 



On the Flying Squirrel of Western India 7° 



On a Species of Pigmy Shrew 70 



On the frequency of Albinoism in Cutch, By Mr. A. T. H. Newnham, S.C., 

 10th N. I., with Notes by Mr. E. H. Aitken .V 71 



Botanical Notes — 



On an instance of fructification in a Staminiferous Plant, Carica Papaya, 



By Surgeon-Major G. Bainbridge, I.M.D. ... 7a 



On Abnormal Development in Musa Sapientum, By Surgeon K.R. Kirtikar, 



lalVl.U* ««« »•• ••• «•• • •• «•• ••• *■• ••* • •• 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 described by Mrs. W. E. Hart 78, 79 



List of Bird Skins from the South Konkan 80 to 83 



„ „ from Burmah and other parts of India 83 



Catalogue of Snakes in the Society's Collection ...84 to 86 



Proceedings of the Society during the Quarter ... ...86 to 90 



PRINTED AT THE TIMES OF INDIA STEAM PRESS. 



1886. 



