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Plants of the Pux.tab. Part III. \^y Ijieut.-C-ol. C. J. Bamher, 



F.L.S., I.M.S 370 



SojiE Nature Notes. By Lieut.-Col. R. G. Burton, 'J4th 



Russell's Inlantry 399 



Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptkra. IX. By E. 



Meyrick, b.a., f.r.s., f.z.s 410 



The Common Butterflies of the Plains of India. [With 



FlatesF.andl.) By T. R. Bell, i.F.s 438 



Plants gathered in and about Mussoorie during 1908. 



By James JMarten 475 



The Preservation of Natural History Specimens in Air- 

 tight Oases. By John Wallace, c.e 502 



New and little known Indian Hymenoptera. By Lieut.- 

 Col. C. G. Nurse 510 



Miscellaneous Notes. — 



1.— A tailless Jackal. By Lt.-Col. R. M. Betham 518 



2. — A fight between a Hyaena and a Panther. By Capt. 



R.C.Burke 519 



3. — Breeding season of the Common Indian Porcupine, 



{Hydrix leucum). By Major F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s. 519 



4.— The Serow. By H. Shaw Dunn 519 



5. — Note on a young Tibetan Gazelle. {With a photo). 



By P.M. Bailey 521 



G. — Colour variety of Indian House Crow. By L. 0. 



Glascock 522 



7. — On the occurrence of certain Birds in the Darbhanga 



District, Tirhut. By Charles M. Inglis 522 



8.— A Nest of Archihxiteo hemiptilopus (Himalayan Rough- 

 legged Buzzard) from Tibet. {With a -photo). By 

 F.M.Bailey 523 



9. — Doves nesting on the ground. By C. Wallan 523 



10. — Nidification of the Sarus Crane {Grus antigone). By 



Capt. E. O'Brien 524 



