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The Bieds of North Cachar. Part X. J3y E. C. 8tiuut Baker, 



F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ^86 



Lepidoptera taken IX CuTCH. By Capfc. 0. G. Nurse, f,r.g.«., f.e.s... 511 

 The Flora of Western India. Part VII. By G. Marshall Wood- 

 row, Professor of Botany, College of Science, Poona 515 



The Ferns of North-Western India, including Afghanistan, the 

 Trans-Indus Pr(jtected States, and Kashmir : arranged and 



NAMED on the BASIS OF HoOKER AND BaKER'S SyNOPSIS llLICUMt 

 AND OTHER WORKS, WITH NEW SPECIES ADDED. Part II. {With 



Plates /, //, IIIA^B, IF, F, VI, VII and VIII.) By C. W. Hope 527 



Fishing in Indian Waters. Aden and the Adjacent Waters. 



Part III. By F. 0. Gadsden, R.I.M 539 



The " Lantana bug " {Orthezia jnsignjs, Douglas). By E. 



Ernest Green, Honorary Entomologist to the Government of Ceylon. 547 



The Birds of the Andaman and Nicobar Isles. Part II. By A. L. 



Butler, F.z.s 555 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. — Birds flying against window-panes 572 



2.— Food of the Indian Grey Shrike 572 



o. — On " Indian Ducks and their Allies " 572 



4. — The Courting Dance of the Moonal Pheasant 57 o 



.'). — Game in the Waltair District ... ... 574 



6. — The Breeding of Moths 575 



7. — Birds tapping at window-panes ... 575 



6. — Hybernation of Black and Brown Bears 576 



'J. — Occurrence of the Nepaul Kali j Pheasant in Kashmir ... 577 

 10. — Abnormal number of Eggs in a nest of the Bengal Green 



Pigeon (C. phmiicopterifs, Lath.)... ... ... ... 577 



11. — Note on the Himalayan Yi^v (Amistrodon himalayanm) ... 577 



12. — Gecko Cacnibalism 578 



13.— A Bird killed by a Mantis 578 



14.— The Palm Swift 579 



15. — Occurrence of the Rufous- bellied Niltava {Niltava sundara) at 



Murree 579 



16. — The Red-tailed Chat [Saxiwla (hrysopygia). A correction ... 579 



17. — Birds tapping at window-panes ... ... ... ... 580 



