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Miscellaneous Notes— concld. 



22. — A Snake's nest. By Arundel Begbie, Major 516 



23. — The Himalayan Nutcracker (Nucifraga hemispila). By 



C. H. Donald 516 



24. — Eagles as barometers. By 0. H. Donald 517 



25. — First record of the nidification of the Indian Hobby 



(Falco sevp.rns). By K. C. Macdonald (d.s.p.) 518 



26. — A Woodpecker's dilemma. By G. H. Evans, Major, 



F.L.S 518 



27. — Food of Python molurus. By G. H. Evans, Major, f.l.s. 519 

 28. — Breeding of the Banded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) in 



Burma. By G. H. Evans, Major, f.l.s 519 



29.— Fireflies. By W. S. Millard 520 



30. — Curious accident to a Dragonfly. By W. S. Millard ... 521 

 Correspondence — 



Shooting in the Bombay Presidency 521 



Proceedings of tbe Meetings held on 16th March 1905 and 6th 



July 1905 525 



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

 By Capt. F. Wall, I.M.S., CM.z.S. (With Plate T and Diagrams 



I, Hand III) 533 



Notes on Rhinoceroses in Burma, R. sondaicus and suma- 



trensis. By Vety. Major G. H. Evans, f.l.s 555 



The Orchids of the Bombay Presidency. Part II. By G. A. 



Gammie, F.L.s. ( With Plate I) 562 



The Common Butterflies of the Plains of India. Part I. By 



L. C. H. Young, b.a., f.z.s., f.r.s. {With Plate I)... 570 



Descriptions of Indian Micro- Lepidoptera. By E. Meyrick, 



B.A., F.R.S., f.z.s 580 



A Visit to Narcondam. By B. B. Osmaston, i.f.s 620 



The Culicid Fauna of the Aden Hinterland, their Haunts 

 and Habits. By W. S. Patton, m.b. (Edin.), Lt., i.m.s. 



{With Plates A, B, C, and D and a Map) 623 



On the Distribution of the Varieties of Cobra (Naia 

 tripudians) in India. By Lt.-Col. W. B. Bannerman, m.d., 

 b.sc, i.m.s., Director, Plague Research Laboratory, and 

 Aesistant Surgeon J. P. Pocha, in charge of the Venom 

 Department, P. R. Laboratory. {With 2 Maps) 63S 



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