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CONTENTS. . PAGE 



9. — A Gall on Tamarix dioica 273 



10. — A Variety of Butca frondosa 273 



11.— A Panther Eating a Panther 274 



12.— A Man-killing Bear 270 



13.— Price of Tigers' Skins in England, &c 278 



Proceedings 2' 8 



The Protection of Wild Birds and Animals 281 



- Statements of Accounts from 1st January, 1800, to 31st 



December, 1890 _ 283 



Nesting in Western India. (Continued.) By Lieut. H. E. Barnes, 



F.Z.S., {with a Plate.) ; . 285 



The Butterflies of the Central Provinces. Part V. 



By J. A. B , • 318 



Notes on Nidification in Kanara. By J. Davidson, Bo. C.S. ... 331 

 On New and Little-Known Butterflies from the Indo- 

 Malayan Region. By Lionel de Niceville, F.E.S., C.M.Z.S., 



&c., (with Plates F. and G.) 341 



Substances used as Incense in the East. By W. Dyniock, 



Brigade -Surgeon, Retired 399 



Protective Mimicry. By Mrs. W. E. Hart 410 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. — The Natural Enemies of the Locust 416 



2. — Taming a Heron 417 



3. — Snipe Shooting in the Neighbourhood of Secunderabad 418 



4. — Memory Versus Reason in Cats 419 



5.— The Breeding of Snakes 420 



0. — How the Monitor or Ghorapad ( J'aranus bengalensis) 



defends itself 421 



7. — Bombay Ferneries .. 421 



8.— A Fasting Snake 424 



9. — The Sagacity of the Langoor 424 



Proceedings , , 425 



Description of a New Species of Palm -Civet (Paradoxurus) 



Found in Orissa. By James Taylor (with a Plate) 429 



A List of the Butterflies of Travancore. By II. S. Fergu- 

 son, F.L.S 432 



Description of a New Species of Lizard obtained by 

 Mr, H. S. Ferguson in Travancore, Southern India. By 



G. A. Boulenger 449 



Description of a New Species of Frog obtained by Mb. H. 

 S. Ferguson in Travancore, Southern India. By G. A. 



Boulenger 450 



On the Value of the Plant Pangala (Pogostemon parviflorus) 

 in Cases of Bites by the Phursa Snake (Echis carinata). 



By Brigade-Surgeon W. Dymock, Retired 450 



Notes of the Mammalia of Somali Land. By J. D. Inverarity, 



(with six Plates) 457 



Landscafe Gardening in Native States. By II. St. John 



Jackson 478 



Miscellaneous Notes— 



1. — Note on Cassia grandis, Linn, and C. marginata, Roxb 485 



2. — Branching Palms and Tree-Ferns 480 



3.— The Protection of Game in Sind 487 



4. — Geographical Distribution of the Pin-Tail Snipe 4X8 



5. — Protection of Larvte 489 



0. — A new Method of Preserving and Mounting Zoological 



Specimens , 489 



7.— The Poison of the Toad 494 



8. — Tigers in Sumatra 496 



9.— "Has the Bakri a Keen Sense of Smell '? " 497 



10.— The Temper of Animals 498 



11.— The Crested Grebe breeding in India 501 



Proceedings 501 



List of Books in the Society's Library 504 



