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Note on Hestia Malabarica. (By Captain T. Macpheison, 



Bo. S. C-) ... ... ... 164 



Observations on the Feeding, &c, of the Indian Rock Snake 

 (Python Molurus). (Bj H. M. Phipson, C. M. Z. S„ Hon. 

 Secretary) 165 



Notes on the Breeding of the Kentish Ringed Plover (jEgi- 

 alitis Cantianus) within Indian Limits. (By Lieut. H. E. 

 Barnes) 167 



On Mimicry in Butterflies for Protection. (By Col. Cbas. 



Swinhoe, F.L.S., F.Z.S, ' F.G.S.) ... > ... 1C9 



Maeathi Names of Plants, with a Glossary. (By Brigade- 

 Surgeon W. Dymock) .. . ... ... 175 



The Horse : a Zoological Stddy. (By Veterinary Surgeon J. H. 



Steel, A. V- D.) 198 



Zoological Notes — 



Snake-breeding for the Government Reward 205 



Book Notice ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 206 



Proceedings of the Society „ ... ••• 216 



Waters of Western India, Part IV. — Gujarat. (By a Member 



of the Society) 221 



Marathi Names of Plants, with a Glossary. (By Brigade- 

 Surgeon W. Dymock) _ . f ... 228 



Further Note on Hestia Malabarica. (By Lionel de Niceville, 



F.E.S.) 242 



List of Birds collected by Capt. F. Babington Peile in Cash- 

 mere during the Summer of 1887, and presented by him to 

 the Bombay Natural History Society 244 



The Poisonous Snakes of the Bombay Presidency. (By H. M. 



Phipson, C.M.Z.S., Hon. Sec.) 244 



The Indian Hepatic^. (By Dr. K. R. Kirtikar, F.S.M. (France), 



M.R.C.S.) ; 250 



Wild Horses. (By Veterinary Surgeon J. H. Steel, A. V. D )... 253 



On the Lepidoptera of Karachi and its Neighbourhood. 



(ByCol.C. Swinhoe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c.) 269 



List of Birds' Eggs in the Society's Collection... 280 



Zoological Notes — • 



Notes on a Horn on the margin of a Goat's Ear ... ... 283 



Notes on the Food of the Panther (Feh's Pardus) ... .., 285 



Notes on the Cheetal * 285 



Proceedings of the Society 285 



