CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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 Indian Ducks and their Allies. Plate XXVI. The Sheldrake 



{Tadorna cornuta) Frontispiece. 



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

 The Golden Tree-Snake (Chrysopelea ornata) {With Plate VI. 

 Diagram I and Map.) By Major F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 227 



On the Generic position of the Groups of Squirrels typified by 

 " Sciurus" berdmorci and pernyi, respectively, with descrip- 

 tions of some new Oriental Speciks. By Oldfield Thomas 244 



The Drinking- Habits of Wild Animals. By Major R. G. Burton ... 250 



The Moths of India. Part X. By Sir Geo. Hampson, Bart., f.z.s., 



f.e.s 257 



Two new Snakes from Assam. (With a Plate.) By Major F. Wall, 



I.M.S., C.M.Z.S 272 



Additional Cuckoo Notes. By E. C. Stuart Baker, f.z.s 275 



On some Indian Forms of the Genus Micromys. By R. C. Wroughton. 280 



Notes on the Birds of Thandiani. By Major H. A. F. Magrath 284 



A Contribution to the Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Bombay 

 Presidency. By P. Cameron 300 



Notes on a Collection of Snakes from Khasi Hills, Assam. By 



Major F. Wall., i.m.s., c.m.z.s 312 



Notes on Indian Ferns. By Col. R. H. Beddome 338 



Local Bird-Migration in India. By D. Dewar, i.c.s 343 



A Visit to Barren Island in the Andamans. By B. B. Osmaston, 



i.f.s 357 



Palinurus or the "Spin? Lobster" of Bombay. {With Illustrations.) 



By Arthur Powell 360 



Contributions to the Flora op North Coimbatore. ( With a Map.) 



By Revd. E. Blatter, s.J . 390 



Some notes on Pintia ferrea, Wlk., Cyclopia papilionaris, Drury, and 



Eeterusia magniftca, Butl. (With a Plate.) By Chas. B. Antram ... 430 



A further list of Birds from the Chindwin, Upper Burma. By 



Cyril Hopwood, i.f.s 432 



Breeding Habits of some Snakes and Lizards. By Rev. F. 



Dreckmann, s.J 434 



Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Part VI. By E. 



Meyrick, b.a., f.r.s., f.z.s r 437 



Further Notes on Birds of the provinces of Kashmir and 



Jammu and adjacent districts. By Colonel A. E. Ward 461 



A sub-division of the old Genus Nesolda, with descriptions of 



THREE NEW MEMBERS OF THE GROUP, AND OF A Mas FROM THE 



Andamans. By Oldfield Thomas 46.3 



A NEW LONG-EARED BAT FROM NORTHERN INDIA. By G. E. H. 



Barrett-Hamilton 468 



A List of Publications relating to Indian Fauna for 1905...... 469 



The Protection of Wild Birds and Game in India 482 



Review : — " The Game Animals of India, Burma, Malaya and 

 Tibet." , , 484 



