CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



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Indian Dgcks and theie Allies. By E. 0. Stuart Baker, r.z.s. 



Party. (With Plate V.) 1 



A Catalog^ue of the Heterocera of Sikeim and Bhutan. By G. C. 



DQd2:eon, e.e.s.; with Notes by H. J. Elwes, r.z.s., and Additions 



by Sir George F. Hampson, Bart., b.a., f.e.s., &c. Part IV 32 



The Birds of North Kanaea. By J. Davidson, i.c.s. Part II 4,3 



The IMoths of India (Supplementary Paper to the volumes in 



the " Fauna of British India"). By Sir Geori^e F. Hampson, 



Bart., F.z.s,, f.e s. Part IV 73 



Description op a New Species of Mus from South India. By J. L. 



Bonhoto, {With a Plate) 99 



The Aculeate Hymenoptera procured at Aden by Col. Yerbury, 



R.A., AND CAPr. Nurse, i.s.c. By Lieiib.-Coloael Bingham, 



F.Z.S., P.E.S. {With Plate A) 101 



On Some New Species of Indian Hymenoptera. By Lieut.-Col C. 



T. Bingham, r.z.s., f.e.s 115 



On New and Little- Known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan, 



Austro-Malayan and Australian Eegions. By Lionel de 



Nic6ville, f.e.s., c.m.z.s., &c. {With Plates X, F, Z, and AA.) 13I 



The Flora OF Western India. By G. Marshall Woodrow. Part V... 162 

 On Some Superficial Deposits in Cutch. By the Kev. J. F. Blake, 



M.A., F.G.s. Parti. {With a Plate.) 177 



Review. — The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and 



Burma. "Birds," Vol. I V^. By W. F. Sinclair (late i.c.s.) 184 



Indian Wild Cattle. — The Tsine and the Gaur (Miscalled 



Bison) < «. 187 



Fishing in Indian Waters : The Bahmin. By Fred. Ord. Gadsden... 194 

 Miscellaneous Notes — 



1. Birds not recorded from Travancore in the Fauna of British India. By 



Harold S. Ferguson , .'..«. 202 



2. The Ethiopian Wart Hog (_Phacohcerus JEthopicus'). By Capt. P. Z. 



Cos. QWich a Flate.) 204 



3. Some Notes on the Narcondam Hornbill, etc. (^Rhytidoeeros narcon- 



dami). By Lieut. J. H. St. John, Commanding R. I. M. S. " Elphin- 

 stone" 212 



4. A Voracious Centipede. By Capt. H. Wells-Cole, 2nd K. 0. Y. L. I. ... 214 



5. White Snots on the Plumage of a Woodpecker attacked by a Parasite. 



By A^L. Butler 214 



f>. Parasitic Worms in Fish. By Major R. H. Rattray, 32nd P. 1 215 



7. Notes on Wild Fowl in the Tinnevelly District, South India. By W. 



N. Fleming , 215 



8. Breeding of the Black-Breasted Yellow-Backed Sunbird C^Et/injjygd 



saturata') in the Chutla Bheel, Cachar District. By C. M. Inglis.... 217 



9. Occurrence of the Black-capped King-fisher (^Halcyon pileata) and 



the Black-legged Falconet QMlrruhierax fringillariui') in the 



Chutla Bheel, Cachar. By C. M. Inglis ." 2l7 



10. Note on the Nidification of the White-Necked Stork (_Disaura epiteo- 



^us). By C. M. Inglis 217 



{.Continued on third page of the cover.) ^ 



