NO. 4.] OCTOBER 1886. Vol I. 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



A 



intra! Ifetorjr 



Edited by 

 E. H. AITKEN and R. A. STERKDALE. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



Waters of Western India — Part II., Konkan and Coast — by a Member of the Society ... 153 to I75 



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



Note on some Post-pliocene Molluscs from the Byculla Flats, by Mrs. W. E. Hart ... 183 to 194 



The Birds of South Gujerat, by Mr. H. Littledale, Baroda I94 to 200 



Note on a Recent Paper by Dr. Bonavia on the Mango, by Surgeon K. R. Kirtikar, I. M. D., 



Acting Professor of Anatomy, Grant Medical College, Bombay 200 to 203 



A Catalogue of the Flora of Matheran, by the Hon. H. M. Birdwood, Vice-President ... 203 to 214 

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



by E. H. Aitken ... ... ... ... ••• ••• ... ... ••• 215 *° 2I ^ 



Zoological Notes— 



Note on the Homalopsida 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 doripput, by Mr. A. T. H. Newnham, S. C, 10th N. I ib. 



Note on Locality, by Mr. A. T. H. Newnham, S. C, loth N. I. ... 221 



Note on the Breeding of Parra indica, by Lieutenant H. Edwin Barnes 221 to 222 



Note on Reversion to Primitive Types, by R. A. Sterndale ... ... ... .v. 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 Gloriota superba (N. O. LUiacea), " Superb Lily," by Mr. Frank 



Rose, P. W\ D. ... ... ... ... ... ... ••• ... ... 22o 



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



Uses of the Flower of Pandanus odoratissimus, by Mr. Frank Rose, P. W. D 227 to 228 



Freak in a Zinnia paucifiora observed and exhibited by Mr. Frank Rose, P. W. D. ... 228 to 229 



Note on the above, by Surgeon K. R. Kirtikar 22910230 



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



PRINTED AT THE TIMES OF INDIA STEAM PRESS. 



1836. 



