GENERAL INDEX. xliii 



BARTON-WRIGHT, R.—" Shot-borers " in Bamboos, xvii, 1026. 



BASSE TT- SMITH, P. W.— Snakebites and Poisonous Fishes, xv, 112. 



BAT(S). — Occurrence of the H lack-bearded — (T. melanopogon) near Bombay, 

 xiv, 14S ; A — seizing a Shuttlecock, xiv, 61 1 ; Do — capture and eat birds ? 

 xvii, 1021 ;— Feeding on Birds, xvii, 1022. 



BATES, S. B. — Tigers hamstringing their prey before killing, xvi, 757 ; The 

 Food of Kingfishers, xvi, 758. 



BATRACHIAN(S) -A list of the — known to inhabit the Malay Peninsula, 

 xv, 193, 387 ; Description of three new species of Frogs from Southern 

 India and Ceylon, xv, 499. 



BAZA — The nesting of the Black-crested — (i>. lophotes), xvii, 631. 



BEADNELL, C. B.— The Sand Wasp (S. lobatus), xvii, 546. 



BEAR(S) — Food of the Sloth — , (if. ursinus), xv, 144 ; Tiger versus — , xv 707 • 

 Breeding seasons of Big Game, the Brown — , (£?. arctos), xvi, 746 ; Locusts 

 — and Dogs, xvii, 815 ; A clumsy killer, xvii, 833 ; A— kill up a tree xvii 

 834 ; Peculiar colouration of the Indian Sloth — , (li. ursinus), xvii, 1035. 



BEDDARD, F. E.— On a new Enchytrseid Worm (Henlea lefroyi) from India 

 destructive to the eggs of a Locust, xvii, 797. 



BEE(S)— {See Hymenoptera). 



BEE-EATER — Merops viridis breeding in Baluchistan, xiv, 627 ; Occurrence 

 of the common Indian — , (M. viridis) in Baluchistan, xv, 530; A note on the 

 migration of the common Indian — , (If. viridis), xvii, 520. 



BEE CULTURE in India, xvi, 175. 



BEETLE(S).— (See Coleoptera). 



BEGBIE, A. S. — Nesting of the Hoopoe, xvi, 501 ; Curious ferocity of the 

 Indian Tree-pie (O. rufa), xvi, 502 ; Catastrophe amongst the young of 

 the Indian Cliff-Swallow (H.fluvicola), xvi, 512; Nest of the Browu-backcd 

 Indian Robin (Th. cambaiensis), xvi, 513 ; A snake's nest, xvi, 516 • A 

 possible case of Bybrid breeding of Shrikes, xvi, 745 ; The Egg-laying 

 of Eudynumis honorata (the Indian Koel), xvi, 746 ; The Stork-billed 

 Kingfisher (P. gurial) at Cawnpore, xvii, 248 ; The food of Pythons 

 xvii, 1021. 



BELL, T. R. D. — Note on the Habits of Rallina superciliaris and Gorsachius 

 melanolophu* , xiv, 393 ; A Panther Experience, xv, 344 ; Occurrence of 

 jEgithuliscus coronatus in Sind, xvii, 244 ; Food of predaceous Flies xvii 

 807 ; Note on Clania variegata, xvii, 837. 



BETHAM, R. M.~ Birds nesting round Poona and ekewhere, xiv, 143, 396 • 

 Nesting of the Coot (F. utra) at Poona, xiv, 176 ; The Banded Crake at 

 Khandalla, xiv, 180; Occurrence of the Avocet near Poona, xiv, 386- 

 Birds' nesting at Ootacamund, xiv, 620 ; The Banded Crake, xiv, 813' 

 Curious site for nesting chosen by the Malabar Whistling Thrush (Al 

 horsfield), xiv, 815 ; The Nesting of the yellow-browed Bulbul (/. icterica 

 and the Spotted Babbler (P. ruficeps), xv, 346 ; Notes on Birds' nesting 

 froja Poona, xv, 709 ; Notes on Birds' nesting round Quetta, xvi, 747 



