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The present Epidemic of Malaria in the Port of Bombay. 

 A description of the Mosquito which is carrying the 



DISEASE WITH SOME REMARKS ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES. 



( With 4 Illustrations). By Capt. W. Glen Liston, I. M.S.... 872 



An Indian Stoat. By R. C. Wroughton, f.z.s 882 



Further Notes on the Butterflies of the Konkan 884 



Some Beautiful Tropical Trees and their uses. By H. F. 



Macmillan 887 



New Sub-species of Blanford's Bush- Warbler (Hoscites 



pallidipes) , ,„ 892 



Review — The World's Birds. By Frank Finn 893 



Proposed alteration to the Forest Rules in reference to 



the close time for Quail and Bustard in the Bombay 



Presidency , t 894 



Proposed Investigation and Protection of the Fisheries 



of Western India „ 895 



Miscellaneous Notes. — 



1. — Strange accident to a Snow Leopard (Felis uncia) ...... 899 



2. — A large Sambhar head. By Capt. C. Mac I. Ritchie, 



r.h.a 899 



3. — A record Markhor ( Capr a falcon eri) head. By Capt. 



H. Barstow 900 



4. — The period of Gestation in Mammals 901 



5. — Note on the occurence of the Indian Chevrotain or 



Mouse-Deer ( ' Tragulus meminna) in Burma. By 



T. A. Hauxwell 902 



6. — A Bear attacking a Tiger. By Lt.-Col. F. W. Caton 



Jones, r.a.m.c a . 903 



7. — Birth of Himalayan Cat-Bears {jffilurus fvlgens) in cap- 

 tivity ,. 903 



8. — Crows and their sleeping places. By the Rev. T. 



Bomford 904 



9. — A Hoopoe incident. By the Rev. T. Bomford 904 



10. — Notes on the Yellow-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus xan- 



tholcemus). By P. Roscoe Allen 905 



