CONTENTS of Vol- //•■ 1887. 



PAGS 



Waters op Western India, Part III. — The- Konkan and the 



Coast. (By a Member of the Society) 1 



On Bots of the Horse and Camel. (By Veterinary Surgeon J. 



H. Steel, A. V. D.) 27 



Parasites in the Wild Ass of CuTCHr (By Veterinarv Surgeon 



J. H. Steel, A. V. D.) ' 80 



Three New Species of Hydrophis. (By J. A. Murray) ... 32 



Butterflies of the Bombay Presidency, — Notes, &c. (By E. H. 



Aitken) 35 



Notes on " Waters of Western India." — (By Mr. J, D. Inve- 



rarity) 44 



Further Notes on Abnormal Horns. (By the Editor) ., 46 



New Species of Fish from Kurrachee and the Persian Gulf 



(By J. A. Murray) 47 



Description of a New Lizard from the Dangs. (By. F. 



Gleadow) 49 



Zoological Notes — 



Delphinus Lentiginosus — R. A. Sterndale ... ... ... 51 



Nest and Eggs of Cinnyris Loierna — E. H. Aitken 52 



Cat and Squirrel — A Foster-Maternal Freak — J. Vidal ... 53 



Notes on the Habits of Nepita Conforta — H. S. Wise 54 



Bird-Nesting, Notes from Cutch — A. Newnham, 10th Bo. I.... 56 



The Two Shamas~H.E, Barnes 56 



Mergus Merganser— E. H. Aitken 56 



List of Birds from Sind— Col, Swinhoe 56 



Proceedings of the Society 59 



Waters of Western India, Part III. — The Konkan and the 



Coast. (By a Member of the Society) ... 73 



Some Birds seen in a journey through Persia. (By G. J. R, 



Rayment, A. V. D.) 99 



A New Species of Zyg/ENA from the Kurrachee Harbour. 



(By James A. Murray, of the Vict. Nat. Hist. Inst.) ... ... 103 



Notes on Ploceus Philippinus. -(By Lieut. H. Edwin Barnes) 105 



A Catalogue of the Flora of Mahableshwar and Matheran, 

 with Prefatory Note and Vernacular Index. (By the 

 Hon'ble H. M. Birdwood) 107 



Note on the Flora of Mahableshwar and Matheran. (By 



Dr. Theodore Cooke, LL.D., F.G.S.) 133 



Notes on Mahableshwar and other Indian Arrowroot Yield- 

 ing Plants. (By Dr. J. C. Lisboa) 140 



Zoological Notes — 



Hybrid Wolf, presented to the Society by Mr. F. Rose ... 147 



Note on the Bush Quail— By Mr. W. Mahon Daly 149 



Note on the Irregular Breeding of Grus Antigone, the Sarus — 



By Lieut. H. Edwin Barnes 149 



Collection of Birds' Eggs.— By W M. Gibbs 150 



Book Notice 151 



Proceedings of the Society... ... ... ... .... ... 157 



Waters op Western India, Part VI.— Gujarat. (By a Member 



of the Society) 159 



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