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16. — Remarks on the Snake Contia angusticeps. By Major 



F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 501 



17. — Notes on the Incubation and Brood of the Indo- 



Burmese Snake Lizard or Slow Worm (Ophisaurus 



gracilis). By Major F. Wall, I. M.S., c.m.z.s 503 



18. — Viviparous habit of the common Indian Skink (Lygo- 



soma indica). By Major F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s. ... 505 

 1.9. — Pomarks on the Agamoid Lizard (Ptyctalcemus gularis). 



By Major F. Wall, i.m.s. , c.m.z.s 505 



20. — Remarks on the Agamoid Lizard (Calotes jerdoni). By 



Major F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 505 



21. — On the nets used by the fishermen of North Kanara. 



By E. Comber 506 



22. — Keenness of sight in Birds and Animals. By C. H. 



Donald, f.z.s 508 



23. — Cannibalism of a Caterpillar. By Cecil E. C. Fischer. 510 

 24. — Note in regard to the habits of the Praying Mantis. 



ByL. K. Martin , 511 



25. — Sexual attraction in Lepidoptera. By W. Howard 



Campbell 511 



26.— Sweeping for Moths. By W. Howard Campbell ...... 512 



27.— Fleas and Plague. By E. L. Sale 512 



28, — A Note on Hura crepitans', Linn., found in Khandala, 



Western Ghauts. By Lt.-Col. K. R. Kirtikar, f.l.s. 513 

 Proceedings of the Meeting held -on the 12th December 1907. 515 

 Report of the Baluchistan Natural History Society 520 



No. 3. 



Indian Ducks and their Allies. (Plate XXVII.) The 



White-winged Wood Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) 525 



A Popular Treatise on the Common Indian Snakes, Part 

 VII. The Saw-scaled Viper or Echis (Echis carinata) 

 and the Gamma or Common Brown Tree-Snake 

 (Dipsadomorphus trigonatus). (With Plate VII., 3 Maps 

 and 2 Diagrams). By Major F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 525 



Bean-Geese of Asia. By S. A. Buturlin 555 



The Flora of the Bombay Presidency (Statistico — Bio- 

 logical Notes). (With a Plate). By E. Blatter, s. j 562 



