CONTENTS OF VOLUME VI, 



PAGE 



List of Members . 1 



Nesting in Western India. {Continued) (with a Plate.) By 



Lieut. H. E. Barnes, F.Z.S 1 



Notes on a Collection of Butterflies made in the Chin 



Lushai ExrEDiTiON of 1889-90. By E. Y. Watson 26 



The Genus Chloropsis, By E. C. S. Baker 59 



A List of the Odoriferous Grasses of India, with a descrip- 

 tion of a New Species of Andropogon. By Mrs. J. 0. 

 Lisboa •••• G4 



Curious Instance of Abnormal Infloroscence of Cmalpinia 



(Poindana) pulcherrima {with a Plate) 71 



Landscape Gardening in Native States. By G. Carstensen, 



Superintendent, Victoria Gardens, Bombay 



72 



List of Birds' Eggs in the Society's Collection on 1st January, 



1891 83 



The Preservation of Insectivorous Birds, Birds of Plumage, 



and Game in the Central Provinces 87 



Reviews of New Books — 



"The Reptilia and Batrachia of India" 100 



"Hume's Indian Oology" 104 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. — Concerning the presence of the Taraxacum officinale in the 



Nilgherries 100 



2. — A Variety of Butea frondosa 107 



3. — Harpooning Crocodiles 107 



4. — A Man-eating Panther 108 



5. — The Cultivation of Oranges, Lemons, and Figs in India Ill 



6. — Distribution of Indian Crocodiles 116 



7. — Victoria Crown Pigeons breeding in Confinement 117 



8.— Indian Otters 117 



9. — Our Hymenoptera 118 



Proceedings 118 



The Proposed Introduction of Game into the neighbourhood of 



Bombay 119 



Pithecolobium unyuis . . 124 



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



F.Z.S. {with a Plate.) 129 



Bombay Ferneries. By G. H. Carstensen, Superintendent, Muni- 

 cipal Gardens , 153 



The Butterflies of the Central Provinces. Part IV. 



By J. A. B 175 



On Abnormal Horns of the Indian Antelope, with some 

 Remarks on their Probable Causes, (with a Plate). By 



A. W. Morris, F.Z.S 384 



Bombay Grasses. (Part TV.) ' By Dr. J. C. Lisboa, F.L.S 189 



Notes on a rare Fungus found growing on the Drumstick 

 Tree. By Surgeon-Major K. R. Kirtikar, I.M.D. (wi h a 



Plate.) 219 



On the Gaur (Bos yaurusj ' and its Allies. By W. T. Blanford, 



F.R.S, F.Z.S ,. 222 



Agricultural Entomology. By E. C. Cotes 230 



The Locust of North-Western India. By E. C. Cotes, 



(with a Plate) 242 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. — Shingle and Shells from the Beach at Umbargaum 262 



2.— Leaf Weevils 263 



3.— The Temerity of Rats 264 



4. — Dalberyia spinosa • 264 



5. — The Destruction of Life by Wolves in the Hoshangabad and 



Narsinghpur Districts 265 



6.— The Migrations of Birds 268 



7. — Alocasia macrorhiza 270 



8. — Douin Palms in India 271 



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