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MlS(^KLLA2vK0Uf^ NOTKS. 



1.— A mark on tlie skin of a Msm-eatiiig Tiger 410 



2. — A Bush Quail and Raiu Quail laying in the saiue nest ... 410 



3. — Notes on 26 specimens of the Pohur, oi' Himalayan Viper 



{Andstrodmi himalmimws) ... ... .. ...411 



4. — Oco'urreuce of the Alpine Swift {Cfiimhin mplha) m the Dar- 



bhanga District, Tirhoot ... ... ... ... ... 414 



a. — Breeding of the Whiskered Tern {HydrorMiilon Ityhridci) in the 



Darbhanga District, Tirhoot 414 



fi, — ^QiQ on the Orange-headed Ground-thrush {Georichla cifrina, 



Lath.) 414 



7. — Birds tapping at Window-i)anes 415 



8. — Early Migration of the Ruddy Sheldrake 410 



i). — Bombay Eats 416 



lO.—A Waspanda Fly 418 



11.— Bull Terrier and Tiger 419 



12, — The Nidification of some Malayan Birds 421 



1 3. — Occurrence of the Black-winged Kite {Elarnns mrvlens, Desf.) 

 and the Short-toed Eagle {C/reaetm f/aJJm/s, Gmel), in the 



Malay Peninsula 423 



14, — TSfote on the White Snake {Coluier tmimrm, Cope) 424 



15. — Further Notes on the Varieties of Coluber tmniurus 425 



IG, — The 0)l)nifcion of the Wing-lining and Axilleriesinthe Fantail 



and Pintail Snipes. ( PF//A r^ P/r/.fe) 427 



17. — On an Immature Specimen of the Black-capped Purple King- 



fi%\\w {Hah-jjon piUata, ^<m\) 428 



X'ji,^ — Ouourrence of the Eastern Stock Pigeon {Columba eversmnnni) 



iti the Madhubani Sub-division, Dharbhauga, Tirhoot ... 429 

 11). — Occurrence of the Clucking Teal (AMfi)fm for)iios//ni) in Guzcrat 429 



Proceedings — 429 



Indian Ducks AND THEIR Allies. Part VII. [WUli, Plate VTI.) By 



K. C. Stuart Baker, F.z.s 437 



MONOORAPH OP THE PiLL-MlLIPEDES {ZePHRON IID^) INHABITING 



India, Ceylon and Burma. Part II. {With Plate B.) By R. I. 



Pocock, of the British Museum of Natural History 465 



The Moths oi' India, Supplementary Paper to the Volumes in 

 •' The Fauna of British India." Part VI. By Sir G. F. Hamp- 

 son, Bart., r.z.s., f.r.s ,. ... 475 



