CONTENTS. xi 



PAGE 

 32. — A Branching Date Palm (Phoenix sylvestris). By F. 



Field - 699 



33.— Dates and Date Marks. By Zobeide 700 



34. — Plants used in paper-making. By Wason in " The 



Field" 703 



35.— Fear in animals. By C. E. C. Fischer 704 



Proceedings of the Meeting held on 14th May 1908 706 



Baluchistan Natural History Society. Proceedings of a 

 Meeting of the Members held in the Quetta Museum and 

 Library building on Thursday, the 28th November 1907 and 

 26th March 1908 708 



No, 4. 



A Popular Treatise on the Common Indian Snakes. Part 

 VIII. The Common Krait {Bungarus cceruleus). (With 

 Plate VIII and diagram 1). By Major F. Wall, I.M.S., 

 c.m.z.s 711 



Notes on the Classification of the Bandicoots. By R. C. 



Wroughton ., 736 



Important additions to the Indian Avifauna. The Chinese 

 Crimson-horned Pheasant (Tragopan temmincki and 

 Bewicks Swan (Cygnus bewicki). By E. C. Stuart Baker... 753 



On the Flora of Cutch. Parti. By E. Blatter, s.j 756 



Remarks on some recently acquired Snakes. By Major F. 



Wall, I.M.S., c.m.z.s 778 



The Sport of Kings. By C. H. Donald 785 



A new Pit Viper of the Genus Ancistrodon. By Major F. 



Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 792 



Notes on a Collection of Snakes from Persia. By Major 



F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 795 



Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. By E. Mey- 



rick, b.a., f.r.s., f.z.s 806 



The Orchids of the Bombay Presidency. Rhyncostylis retusa. 



By G. A. Gammie, f.l.s 833 



Plants of the Punjab. Part 1. By Lieut.-Col. C. J. Bamber.. 835 



Insect Life in India and how to study it. By E. P. 



Stebbing. (With Plates III & IV) 862 



