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ilERB&CEous M0N800N Flora at Oastle Hock and a New 



Species of Balsam. By L. J. Sedgwick, f.l.s., i.c.s. 482 



Some Notes on Game Birds in Mesopotamia. By Capt. C. 



M. Thornhill 480 



Miscellaneous Notes : — 



I. — A Fight between a Dog and a Porcupine By It. D. 



MacLeod, i.c.s /J.t) 1 



II. — Buffalo in the Nicobar Islands. By Lt.-Col. K. W. 



Burton, i.a .[(11 



III. — Notes from the Oriental Sporting Magazine, New 

 Scries, 1869 to 1879. By Lt.-Col. K. W. I5urton, 

 I.A 491 



IV.— Further Notes on Birds Nesting in the Tons Valley. 



By B. B. Osmaston, i.f.s 49:3 



V. — Birds Nesting in the Bhillung Valley, Tehri Garhwal. 



By W. H. Matthews ,' 1 95 



VI. — The Occurrence of the Indian Pitta {Pitta hrnchyuro) 

 in the Kangra District, Punjab. By C. H. Donald, 

 t'.z.s 1.97 



VII. — Arrival of Duck and Teal in the Darbhanga District, 



Behar. By C. M. Ingli.s 499 



VIII. — Niditioatiou of the Lesser or Common Whistling Teal 

 {Dendrocycna javanica) and Bonelli's Eagle {tLierce- 

 tus fasciatus). By S. G. deC. Ireland, i.cs 499 



IX. — Extension of habitat of the Hair-crested Drongo 



{Chihia hottentotta). By 0. H. Donald 500 



X. — Some notes on the Burmese Peafowl {Paio 7)inticus) 



in captivity. By C. M, Inglis 500 



XL- — Occurrence of the Pink-headed Duck (li/iodonessa 



caryopln/Uacea) in the Punjab. By A. H. Marshall. . .502 



XII.— Food of Bulbuls. By B. D. Richards 503 



XIII. — Notes on the Nidification of the Common Grey 

 Hornbill {Lophoceros birostris). Bv Eleanor Frances 

 Hall ' 503 



XIV. — Note on Kalij Pheasant, especially on a specimen 

 from the Goalpara District, Assam. By Chas. M. 

 Inglis 505 



XV. — Curious position of a Dove's Nest (with an Illustra- 

 tion). By W. G. Barnett 507 



XVI. — Habits of the Green Turtle {Chelonc mydas). By 



Lt.-Col. R, W. Burton, i.a 508 



XVII. — Occurrence of the Tree Snake {I)endroj)Ms jnctusj in 



Kumaon. By Lt.-Cr.l. F. Wall, i.m.s 509 



