CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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Indian Ducks and theik Allies. {Plate XXVIII.) The Pink- 

 headed Duck {Ehodonessa caryophyllacea) Frontispiece. 



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

 The Common Kraft (Bungarus mruleus). {With Plate VIII, 

 and Diagram I). By Major F. Wall, I.M.S., cm.z.s 711 



Notes on the Classification of the Bandicoots. By R. 0. 



Wroughton 736 



Important Additions to the Indian Avifauna. The Chinese 

 Crimson-Horned Pheasant (Tragopan temminch) and Bewick's 



Swan {Cygnus beivicki). By E. C. Stuart Baker, f.l.s., f.z.s 753 



On the Flora of Cutch. Part 1. By E. Blatter, S.J 756 



Eemarks on some recently acquired Snakes. By Major F. Wall, 



I.M.S., cm.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 



Note on a Collection of Snakes from Persia. By Major F. Wall, 

 i.m.s., c.M.z.s 795 



Descriptions of Indian MiCRO-LEprooPTERA. Part VIII. By E. 



Meynck, B.A., f.r.s., f.z.s 806 



, The Orchids of the Bombay Presidency. Part VII. {With Plate 



VII.) By G. A. Gamraie, f.l.s 833 



Plants of the Punjab. By Lieut.-Col. C. J. Bamber, i.m.s 835 



Insect Life in India and how to Study it. Chapter VII. (With 



Plates III and IV.) By E. P. Stebbing 862 



The Present Epidemic of Malaria in the Port of Bombay : A Des- 

 cription of the Mosquito which is cabrying the Disease, 



WITH SOME REMARKS ON PREVENTIVE MEASURES. {With Hates 



A, B, C & D.) By Captain W. Glen Liston, lm.s 872 



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



Further Notes on the Butter* lies of the Konkan. By G. W. V. 



de Rhe-Philipe , « 884 



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



Macmillan 887 



New sub-species of Blanford's Bfsh- Warbler (Horeites ])allidipes)... 892 



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



Correspondence. — Proposed alteration to the Forest Rules in reference to 

 the close time for Quail and Bustard in the Bombay Presidency. — 

 Proposed investigation and protection of the Fisheries of Western 

 India 894 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. Strange accident to a Snow Leopard. (Felis uicia.) By Major H. 



C Tytier , , 899 



2. A large Sambar head. By Capt. C. Mac I. Bitchie, r.h.a 899 



3. A record Markhor (jCapra falconeri) head. By Capt. H. Barstow. 900 



4. The period o^ gestation in Mammals. (From tc The Field"') 901 



