CONTENTS. xxxvii 



PAQB. 



The Moths of India. Supplementaey Paper to the Volumes in 

 " The Fauna of British India." Parb VII. Bj Sir G. F. flamp- 

 son, Barfc., F.z.s., f.e.s .. 697 



Some Konkan Bats. {With a Plate.) By R. C. Wroughton, c.m.z.s., 



Indian Forest Service ... ... ... ••• ••• ... 716 



KisHiNG IN Indian Waters. The Andaman Islands. Part IV. 



By F. 0. Gadsden, e.i.m 726 



List of Indian Birds' Eggs in the Bombay Natural History 

 Society's Collection on 1st August, 1899 734 



Diagnosis of some Indian Aracbnwa. By R. I. Pocock (Zool. Depfc., 



British Museum) 744 



Review. "The Game Birds of India." Part II. By E.W. Gates. 754 



Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. — Not3 on DiatwiDiia, a pouerine genus of Ants, and on the 



finding of a female of D. vagans, Smith 756 



2. — A " rare " Bat— an appeal 757 



3. — Food of Pprnis cr/xtatus (Cuv.), (the Crested Honey Buzzard)... 758 



4. — Birds of the Syaukse District 758 



5. — Notes on the HypocoUv^ ampelinus (the Bulbul Shrike) ... 760 



6. — Two unusual specimens of Tropidomtus stolatus 765 



7. — Duration of Parturition in the Daboia (Vipera rmsellii) ... 765 

 8. — Occurrence of tlie Green-billed Shear-water {Pufflnus chloro- 



rki/mm) on the Mekran Coast 766 



'.». — Notes on a very unusual specimen of Simotes violawm or a 



possible new species ... ... ... ... ... 766 



10. — Protective Powers of scent in animals ... ... ... 768 



11. — Cannibalism 769 



12.— Food of the Indian Wild Boar , 770 



13. — Tapeworms found in a Fish ... 771 



14. — The Common Indian Swift ... 771 



15. — ^The Nidification of some Malayan Birds ... ... ... 772 



16. — Bison, Tiger, and Wild Dogs ... 773 



17, — The ^Yhiskeved Tern {Hi/drocheUdm h2/b}'ida) 774 



18. — Autimmal arrivals ... ... 774 



'.9. — Note on the White-eyed Duck {JVyroca ferruginia) and the 



Tufted Duck (iV. >i«//«<fe) 775 



