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Plate II. (A) Close to Amara, on Tigris. . 
(B) Broken country on Tigris down stream of Samarra. 
Some Notes on the Horns of the Thamin (Cervus eldi)— 
(A) Side view of Stag No.7 .. ; sk . 
(B) Showing horns forming 3 parts of a circle (Stag 
No. 2) be oie 
(C) Stags Nos. 5, 4, 3, 2. Showing greater divergence 
in the horns of the older animal A ie 
(D) An old Stag with a very wide head. Tops palmated 
(No. 5) ‘ Ph Ke 
(E) A fine Stag. (No. 7, from the front) 
A Baby Hog Deer in captivity— 
(A) Surprised vt a wi 
(B) Creeping along head down, ears back 
An undescribed natural enemy of the Castor Semilooper (Achewa 
(Ophiusa) melicerte) 
No. 2. 
The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon. The Chukor Partridge 
(Alectoris greca chukor) _ .. 
Game Anima!s of Kashmir and adjacent Hil! Provinces—- 
Plate I. (A) Great Pamir Sheep (Ovis ammon poli) 
(B) Siberian Argali (Ovis ammon ammon) 
(C) Great Tibetan Sheep (Ovis ammon hodgsoni) 
Plate II. (A) Bharal (P. nahura) 
(B) Oorial (O. vignei) 
Some new forms of Lepidoptera from Mesopotamia and N.-W. Persia .. 
The Birds of Mesopotamia— 
Plate III. (A) Kentish Plover’s-nest on shelly clay, margin of 
large marsh below Amara. Eggs (3), almost 
hatching ss a oe a oe 
(B) A salt pan about 4 mile W. of Euphrates 
barrage 
Plate IV. (A) Curious mound-like nest of Black-winged Stilt 
with 3 eggs, in a shallow inundation a few 
miles W. of Museyib on the R. Euphrates 
‘B) Typical breeding country of Sand Grouse (Pterocles 
aichaia caudacuta) on right bank of Tigris near Kut. 
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