CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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Indian Ducks and theiu Allies. Plate XXV. The Ruddy Shel- 

 drake OR Brahminy Duck {Casarca rutila) Frontispiece. 



A Popular Treatise on the Common Indian Snakes. Part V. 



{With Plate V.) By Major F. Wall, i.M.s., cm.z.S 1 



The Shot Borers of Bamboos and Wood Borers of Pinus longifolia. 



By E. P. Stebbmg, f.l.s., f.z.s., f.e.s 18 



The Moths of India. {With a Plate.) By Sir Geo. Hampson, Bart., 



F.Z.S., f.e.s «, 27 



The Flora of Aden. Part II. By Rev. E. Blatter, s.j 54 



Notes on a Trip after the Ovis Poll ( With a Plate.) By Col. 



G. D. F. Sulivan 69 



On the Birds of the Chindwin, Upper Burma. By Major A. Mears, 



Survey of India, and Eugene W. Oates, f.z.s 78 



The Orchids of the Bombay Presidency. By G. A. Gammie, f.l.s. 



Part IV. (With Plate V.) 88 



Some Indian Freshwater Shells. I3y Gordon Dalgliesh 92 



Note on Snakes collected in Fyzabad. By Major F. Wall., i.m.s., 



O.H.Z.S. (With 2 Plates) 101 



On a new Genus and some new Species of Aculeate Hymenoptera 

 collected by Lt.-Col. C. G. Nurse in Baluchistan. By P. 

 Cameron 130 



Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. By E. Meyriok, b.a., 



f.r.s., f.z.s » 137 



Blood-sucking Insects and Tropical Diseases 161 



Review. "Indian Insect Pests"..... 181 



The Late Mr. L. C, H. Young 184 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. A new Tortoise from Travancore. By Harold S. Ferguson lg(> 



2. The Birds of Chitral. By E. Comber, F.Z.S 18G 



3- Breeding seasons of Deer. By C. Hudson, i.c.s 187 



i. Occurrence of Omithoptera minus in the Ahmednagar District. By 



W. G. Betbam, I.F.S 187 



5. Occurrence of the Dusky Ouzel (Me'/ula fuscata) at BanDU. By 



Major H. A. F. Magrath 187 



6. Curious behaviour of Aquila hzttata, The Lesser-spotted Eagle. By 



S. L. Whympher 187 



7. A massive Sambar head. By T. A. Hauxwell, I.F.S ^88 



8. Ovoviparous habit of the Paint d Tree Snake (Dtndrpphis pictus~). By 



Major F. Wall, I.M.S., C.M.Z.S ~. 189 



9. Do Bats eat Birds ? ByE.H. Aitken 190 



10. Some Additions to the Birds of India. By Lieut. C. H. 1. Whitehead, 



56th Rifles, F. F 190 



