CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



PAGE 



Description of New Species of Moths from India and Burma. 



By G. C, Dudgeon, f.e.s 399 



" The " Common Striped Palm Squirrel. By R. C. Wroughton, f.z.s. 



{With a Plate.) 406 



Rough Notes on Six Common Hill Orchids. By Major M. B. Roberts, 



1 /3 9th Garhwal Rifles. {With 3 Plates.) 414 



Birds nesting in the Murree Hills and Gullies. Part I. By 



Lieut-Col. R. H. Rattray. ( With Plates A and B.) 42i 



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



Gammie, f.l.s 429 



The Moths of India (Supplementary Paper to the Volumes m 

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

 Sir George Hampson, Bart., f.z.s., f.e.s 434 



The Economic Uses of Shells. By E. Comber, f.z.s 462 



Further Notes on the Flora of Northern Ganjam. By Cecil E. C. 



Fischer, i.f.s 473 



A List of the Birds found in and about Madras. By D. Dewar, 



I.C.S <■■ 484 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. Tigers hamstringing their prey before killing. By C. W. Allan, b.f.s., 



Divisional Forest Officer, Pegu Division , 499 



2. Nesting of the Hoopoe. By Arundel Begbie, Major (Indian Army) 501 



3. Food of predaceous flies. By F. Gleadow, i.f.S 501 



i. 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 (L endrocitta rufa). By 



Arundel Begbie, Major 502 



7. Breeding seasons of Big Game — (1) The Nilgai or Blue-Bull (Bosela- 



phus tragocamelug). By C. W. M. Hudson, I. c.s. (2) The Persian 

 Gazelle {Gazella subgutturosa). 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-wite. By J. Manners-Smith, Major, v.c, c.i.B 5^7 



14. Notes on the occurrence of Bonellis Eagle (Ilieraetvs fasciatus') 



in Cutch and on some Falcons and Hawks observed at the old Fort 



at Bbuj. By A. Delme Radcliffe, 105th L. Infy 507 



16. Occurrence of the Black-capped Kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) in the 



Godavari Delta. (A Correction.) By P. Roscoc Allen 5]1 



(Uontiwued on third page of cover.) 



