CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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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 H. S. Fergu« 



son, F.L.S 432 



Description of a New Species of Lizard obtained by 

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

 G. A. Boulenger 449 



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

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

 Boulenger 450 



On the Value of the Plant Pangala (Pogostemon parvifiorus) 

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

 By Brigade -Surg eon W. Dymock (Retired) 450 



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



[With six Plates) .. 457 



Landscape Gardening in Native States. By H. St. John 



Jackson ... 478 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



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



2. — Branching Palms and Tree-Fems 486 



3. — The Protection of Game in Sind 487 



4. — Geographical Distribution of the Pin-Tail Snipe 488 



5. — Protection of Larvae 489 



6. — 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 t 501 



List of Books in the Society's Library 504 



