CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



Page 

 A Popular Treatise on the Common Indian Snakes. Part II. 

 By Capt. F. (Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s. {With Plate 11 and Diagrams 

 iV, Vand VI.) 1 



On some New Species op Silver Pheasants from Burma. By 



Eugene W. Oates 10 



Snake Venoms and their Antidotes : an account of recent 



research. By Capt. George Lamb, m.d., i.m.s 13 



Samber Horns. By J. D. Inverarifcy. {With 4 Plates) 23 



A New Snake (Melanelaps mcphersoni) from the Aden Hinter- 

 land. By Cape. F. Wall, lma, c.m.z.s 27 



A New Himalayan Snake (Lycodon mackinnoni). By Capt. F. 



Wall, r.M.s., c.m.z.s 29 



The Orchids of the Bombay Presidency, Part III. By G. A. 



Gtammie, f.l.s. {With Plate II.) 31 



On the Species of Bean-Geese. By Eugene W. Oates, f.z.s. {With 



a Plate) , 38 



The Poisonous Snakes of India and how to recognize them. 



Parti. By Capt. F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 51 



The Oology of Indian Parasitic Cockoos. Part I, By E. 0. 



Stuart Baker, f.z.s. {With Plate A) , 72 



The "Pectinate Organs" of Trapa bispinosa, Rosb. (Water- 



CxIEStnut). By E. Blatter, s.j ?5 



On the Tknthredinid.® and Parasitic Hymenoptera collected 

 in Baluchistan by Major C. G, Nurse. Part I. By P. Cameron. 8y 



Birds of the Provinces of Kashmir and Jammu and adjacent 



Districts. Parti. By A. E. Ward 108 



First Hints on collecting Butterflies (being a Supplementary 

 Papek to the Articles on the Common Butterflies on the 

 Plains of India). ByL. C H. Young, b.a.. f.z.s., f.e.s 114 



Notes and Observations on Mammals collected and observed in 

 the Darjeeling District, Lndi a. By Gordon Dalgliesh 122 



What is a Species ? By L. C. H. Young, b.a., f.e.s., &c 128 



Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Part II. By E. Mey- 



rick, b.a., f.r.s., F.z.s • 133 



Notes on Small Mammals in Kashmir and adjacent Districts. 



By A. E.Ward 154 



Notes on Andaman Birds with accounts of the Nidification of 

 several species whose Nests and Eggs have not been 

 hitherto described. By B. B. Osmaston, i.f.s, 156 



The Moths of India (Supplementary Paper to the Volumes in 

 " Thk Fauna of British India "). Series III, Part III. By Sir 

 George Ham] son. Bart., f.z.s., f.e.s lf?4 



