xii CONTENTS. 



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 23. — Do Bats capture and eat birds ? By E. Ernest Green 835 



24.— A white Muntjac. By S. H. Charrington 836 



25. — Cause of fear shown by Tigers. By C. E. C. Fischer 836 

 26. — Note on Clania variegata, Snell. By T. R. Bell, i.f.s. 837 

 27. — Abnormal antlers of the Chital or Spotted-Deer 



(Cervas axis). By Lieut. J. A. Field, e.e 840 



28.— -The Oology of Indian Parasitic Cuckoos. By Chas. M. 



Inglis r , 841 



29. — A strange foster-mother. By F. Young, Supdt,, N. S. 



(Survey ,,, , 8-41 



30. — Nesting of the Hobby [Falco severus) in India. By 



O.H.Donald 841 



31. — A live Takin (Budorcas taxicolor). {With an Illustra- 

 tion.) By Lieut. F M.Bailey 842 



32. — Breeding grounds of the Common Locust. By E. H. 



Aitken 843 



33.— The small Civet Cat in Sind. By E. H. Aitken 844 



34.— A malformed Black buck Head, By Col. W B. Ferris 844 



35. — Abnormal Sambar Horns. By F. Field 845 



36. — Malformed Sambar and Gaur Horns. By 0. Scot 



Sldrving , 846 



37. — Note on the Arabian Gazelle {Gazella arabica). By 



Major S. E. Prall,i.M.s 847 



38. — Breeding of the Common Grey Quail (Coturnix com- 

 munis) and the Desert Lark (Aloemon desertorum). 



By Major R. M, Betham, 101st Grenadiers 848 



39. — The large red Flying-Squirrel {Pteromys inornatus) 



and Walnuts. By C. H. Donald 848 



40.— The StuHy of Birds. By E. Comber 849 



Proceedings of the Meetings held on 4th October and 13th 



December 1906 8&1 



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



{With Plate IV). By Major F. Wail, c.m.z.s., i.m.s .. 857 



The Importance of Blood-Sucking Flies as Transmitters 

 of Disease to Man and Animals. By Lt.-Col. W. B. 

 Bannernian, M.D., b.sc, i.M.s., Director, Bacteriological 

 Laboratory 871 



