CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBbR. 



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The Birds of Travancore. By H. S. Fergusson, f.l.s. With Notes 



on their Nidification by T. F. Bourdillon, f.l.s. Part III 1 



New Species of Indian Hymenoptera. By Major C. G. Nurse, 113th 



Infantry, Indian Army 19 



Sexual Colour-Dimorphism in Birds. By D. Dewar, i.c.s 27 



Note on Sexual Dimorphism. By L. 0. H. Young, b.a 37 



Note on Sexual Dimorphism. By Capt. W. G. Liston, i.m.s., m.d., 



F.R.S.E 39 



Notes on the Birds of Chitral. By Capt. H. T. Fulton, d.s.o 44 



Water-Yielding Plants found in the Thana Forests. By G. M 



Eyan, i.f.s., f.l.s 65 



The Birds of the Madhubani Sub-Division of the Darbhanga 

 District, Tirhut, with Notes on Species noticed elsewhere 

 in the District. By C. M. Inglis. Part VIII 70 



The Butierflies of Ceylon. By Major N. Manders, r.a.m.c, f.z.s., 



f.e.s ...- 7& 



Description of sixty-eight New Shells from the Persian Gulf, 

 Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sfa, dredged by Mr. F. W.' 

 Townsend, of the Indo-European Telegraph Service. By James 

 Cosmo MelviJl, m.a., f.l.s., f.z.s., and Robert Standen, Assistant 

 Keeper, Manchester Museum, Part I. (Plates A.B) 86 



List of -Indian Birds' Eggs in the Bombay Natural History 

 Society's Collection" on 1st September 1904 99 



On Some New Species of Silver-Pheasants obtained in Burma, 

 by Capt. W. G. Nisbett, Lieut. E. Clifford, and others. By 

 Eugene W. Oates 112 



Insect Life in India and how to study it, being a Simple Ac- 

 count of the more important Families of Insects with 

 Examples of the Damage they do to Crops, Tea, Coffee and 

 Indigo Concerns, Fruit and Forest Trees in India. By E. P. 

 Stebbing, f.l.s., f.z.s., f.e.s 115 



The Moths of India (Supplementary Paper to the Volumes in 

 " The Fauna of British India"). Series III, Part II. By 

 Sir G. F. Hampson, Bart., f.z.s., f.e.s. (With Plate D) 132 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. Some Notes on Birds taken at Coonoor, Nilgiris, in May 1904. By 



D. Dewar ... 153 



2. The Occurrence of the Black-capped King-fisher (Halcyon pileata) in 



North Lakhimpur, Upper Assam. By H. Stevens 154 



3. The Yellow-bellied Fly-catcher (jChelidorhynsc hy pose ant hum'). By 



H. Stevens I55 



4- The Occurrence of the Red-breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis) in India. 



By E.C.Stuart-Baker, f.z.s 155 



~>. The Occurrence of the Masked Fin-foot (Jleliopan personata") in 



Lakhimpur. By E. C. Stuart Baker, f.z.s , 15g 



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