100 JOURSAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



(i. Quail 



7. Bush-Quail 



8. Bustard-Quail 



9. Bustard ... 



10. Lik-Florikan ... 



11. Spurred Goose ... 



12. Goose Teal 



13. Whistling Teal ..". 



14. Grey Duck 



1j. Green Pigeon ... 



16. Blue Bock Pigeon 



1 7 . Doves — 



TortuT meena 

 ,, eambayensis 

 ,, suratensis... 

 ,, risorius 



senegalensis 



18. Deer and Antelope — 



Does, Hinds and Fawns. 



i Gouni ... 1st 



Stags ... Sambur... 1st 



'. Cliitul .,, 1st 



1st May to 30th Xovember. 



Do. ' do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



Do. do. 



1st June to aotli November. 



Do. do. 



Do. 



Do. do. 



1st February to 31sl July. 

 1st Xovember to 30tb June. 



1st February to 31st July, 



' lsi November to 31st May. 



.. The whole year. 

 May to 31st October*. 

 April to 31st October. 

 S» ph mber to 1st March. 



L K. LAURIE. 



5 



REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS'. 



"THE BEPTILIA AXD BATKACHIA OF INDIA."* 



" The Eeptilia and Batra.eh.ia of India," in the vulgar tongue, its reptiles 

 and frogs. This is the fourth complete volume that has appeared of the seri - 

 of handbo >k.s of Indian Natural History published underthe title of the " Fauna 

 of Biitish India, including Ceylon and Burmah," by authority of the Secretary 

 of State for India, and under the editorship of W. T. Blanfoxd. In on s 

 tbis was more wanted than any other volume of the series, for the student of 

 Indian snakes, lizards, and frogs has been dependent hitherto on Dr. Gunti 

 E ;t quarto, published in 1S64, and Theobald's descriptive catalogue, both of 

 which, we believe, have long been out of print. How much has been done 

 since these books were written may be judged by the fact that the work e 

 under review describes 130 lizards, 82 snakes, and 187 frogs more than Gunther's 

 work, and ol lizards and 39 snakes more than Theobald's catalogue. And yet, 

 if this book gives anything like the stimulus it should to the observation 

 and collection of reptili s in this country, it will itself be out of date in a few 



* '' The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon anri Burmah," published under the 

 authority of the Secretary of State for India. Edited by W. T. Blanford. Rkptilia 

 and B.ATBi.CHU, by George A. Bouleager. London: Taylor and Francis, Bed Lion 

 Court, Fleet Street; Calcutta : Tli icker, Spink and Co.j Bombay : 1'hacker aud Co., 

 LI. ; Berlin : R. Friedlander and Sohu, 11, Carlsfcr isse. 



