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Miscellaneous Notes — contd. 



3. — Food of predaceous Flies. By F. Gleadow, i.P.s. 501 



4. — Occurrence of White's Thrush (Oreocincla varia) in 



Assam. By William Moore 502 



5. — Hereditary melanism. By W. B. Ferris, Lieut.-Col. ... 502 

 6. — Curious ferocity of the Indian Tree-pie (Dendrocitta 



rufa). By Arundel Begbie, Major 502 



7. — Breeding Seasons of Big Game — (1) The Nilgai or 

 Blue-Bull (Boselaphus tragocamelus). By C. W. M. 

 Hudson, i.c.S. (2) The Persian Gazelle (Gazella 

 subgutturosd). By J. W. Nicol Cumming, Supdt., 



Seistan Arbitration Mission • 503 



8. — Strange mortality amongst Termites in Tea-Bushes. By 



E. Ernest Green 503 



9— Size of Snakes. By L. C. H. Young 504 



10. — A congregation of Harriers. By C. H. Donald 504 



11. — Size and breeding of Snakes. By John Hagenbeck ... 505 



12. — Tiger versus Bear. By G. K. Wasey 506 



13.— Plucky Pee- wits. By J. Manners-Smith, Major, v.c.,c.i.e. 507 

 14. — Notes on the occurrence of Bonellis Eagle [Hieraetus 

 fasciatns) in Cutch and on some Falcons and Hawks 

 observed at the old Fort at Bhuj. By A. Delme 



Radcliffe, 105th L. Infy 507 



15. — Occurrence of the Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon 

 2?ileata) in the Godavari Delta. (A Correction.) By 



P. Roscoe Allen , 511 



16. — On the occurrence of the Lady Amherst's Pheasant in 



Burma. By E. Comber, f.z.s 512 



17. — Catastrophe amongst the young of the Indian Cliff- 

 Swallows (Hirundo fluvkola). By Arundel Begbie, 



Major, Adjt., Cawnpore Vol. Rifles *. 512 



18. — Nest of the Brown-backed Indian Robin (Thamndbia 

 cambaiensis). By Arundel Begbie, Major, Adjt., 



Cawnpore Vol. Rifles « 513 



19.— A bold Tiger. By H. Tyler, i.c.S 513 



20. — Arrow heads in a Bison. By H. Tyler, i.c.S 513 



21.— Bird's nesting near Mhow, C. I. By Martin Young, 



m.b.o.u., 1st York, and Lane. Regt ,... . 514 



