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The Fauna and Flora of our Metallic Monet. By E. Blatter, 



s.j 334 



Supplementary Notes on the Coccidje of Ceylon. Part III. 

 By E. Ernest Green, f.e.s., Entomologist to the Govern- 

 ment of Ceylon. (With Plates H—K.) 340 



Notes on Small Mammals in Kashmir and adjacent Districts. 



By Colonel A. E. Ward 35S 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. — Melanism in Black Buck. By J. Manners Smith, 



Major. [With a Photograph) 351 



2. — A Rare Indian Game-Bird, the Mountain Quail (Ophry- 



sia superciliosa, Gray). By E. Comber, f.z.s 361 



3. — Simotes splendidus. By Geo. H, Evans, a.v.d., f.l.s., 



Major 362 



4. — Note on the Digestion of Eggs by Cobras and Daboias. 



By W. B. Bannerman, m.d., Lt.-Col., i.m.s 363 



5. — Do Wild Animals ever die of Intestinal Obstruction ? 



By W. B. Bannerman, m.d., Lt.-Col., i.m.s 363 



6. — Kiug-Crows and Mynas as Mess-Mates. By D. Dewar, 



i.c.s 364 



7. — Occurrence of the Scaup Duck (Nyroca marila) in Oudh. 



By F. Wall, Capt., i.m.s., cm.z.s 367 



8. — Luminous Plants 367 



9.— An Egg-eating Cobra. By E. Brook Fox 369 



10. — Locusts. By Cecil E. C. Fischer, i.f.s 369 



11.— The Habits of the Leaf Butterfly. By E. Ernest Green. 370 

 12. — Breeding Seasons of Big Game in India. By A. H. A. 



Simcox, i.c.s 370 



13.— Notes on the " Houbara." By Reginald H. Heath 372 



14. — Occurrence of the Black-capped King- fisher ( Halcyon 



pileata) in Waltair. By P. Roscoe Allen 373 



15. — The Breeding of Russell's Viper ( Vipera russellii). By 



F. Wall, Capt., i.m.s,, cm.z.s 374 



16. — The Crocodile ; its Food, and Muscular Vitality. By 



A. H. A. Simcox, i.c.s 375 



17. — The Urial of the Punjab and Ladak. By R. L 376 



18.— Abnormal Sambar Head. By J. D. Invorarity. (With 



a Plate.) 378 



