GENERAL INDEX. lxv 



PERSIAN GULF— Description of 68 new Species of Shells from the—, G. of 

 Oman and N. Arabian Sea, xvi, 86, 217 ; On Fishes from the — , The Sea of 

 Oman and Karachi collected by Mr. F. W. Townsend, xvi, 318. 



PESHAWAR — The Painted Sandgrouse and the Wood Snipe in the — Valley, 

 xiv, 606. 



PHEASANT(S) — On some new species of Silver— obtained in Burma, xiv, 

 112 ; On the occurrence of the Lady Amherst's— in Burma, xvi, 512, 753 ; 

 On some new species of Silver — from Burma, xvii, 10 ; Occurrence of 

 the Cheer—, (C. wallachi) in the N.-W. F. Province, xvii, 812. 



PILCHER, J. G. — On methods used to preserve colour in relaxing Entomo- 

 logical Specimens, xiv, 613. 



PINHET, A. F — The large Brown Flying Squirrel (P. oral), xv, 721. 



PINTAIL— The— , (Plate), xiv, 197 ; Plumage of the young male—, (D. acuta), 

 xvii, 238. 



PLAGUE— Rats and Fleas, xvi, 253. 



PLANT(S)— The poisonous — of Bombay, xiv, 20 ; xv, 56 ; Notes on some of 

 the — introduced into the Victoria Gardens, Bombay, during the past 8 years, 

 xiv, 128, 356, 776 ; xv, 674; Euryale ferox, xiv, 606; Drought-resisting 

 Fodder — , xiv, 614 ; xv, 148; Famine Food — , an important Edible Wild 

 Yam of the Thana District, Bombay, xiv, 772 ; Four interesting Bombay — , 

 xv, 363 ; Jatropha curcas, xv, 365 ; Dioscorea dosmona, xv, 366 ; The 

 Wild Plantain (M.superbu),xv, 586 ; The origin of the English Names of — 

 xv, 314 ; Indian Yams (£>. dcemona), xv, 721 ; Water-yielding — , found in the 

 Thana Forests, xvi, 65 ; Cassia occhlentalis , xvi, 166 ; Luminous, — xvi, 

 367 ; The origin of Anonas (4. squamosa ; A. reticulata), xvii, 195 ; Cassia 

 renigera, xvii, 1036. 



PLANTAIN— The Wild—, (M. superha), xv, 586. 



PLOVER — The Lapwing or Peewit {V. vulgaris), xv ,723 ; Plucky Peewits, 

 xvi, 507. 



POCHA, J. P. and BANNERMAN, W. B— Note on the breeding of Russell's 

 Viper (F. russellii) in captivity, xvii, 808. 



POCHARD— The— , or Dun-bird (Plate), xiv, 639 ; The Red-crested— (Plate), 

 xv, 375 ; The Tufted—, (Plate), xv, 537 ; The White-eyed— (Plate), xvi, 

 193. 



POONA — Birds' Nesting round — , and elsewhere, xiv, 143, 396 ; Nesting of the 

 Coot at — , xiv, 176 ; Occurrence of the Avocet near — , xiv, 386 ; Notes on 

 Birds' Nesting from — , xv, 709. 



PRALL, S. E.— Note on the Arabian Gazelle (G. arabica), xvii, 847. 



PREHISTORIC Man-hunting in India, xv, 146. 



PRIMROSE, A. M.— Nesting of the Coot, xiv, 392 ; Note on the occurrence of 



certain Birds in South Sylhet, xiv, 594 ; The Food of Dryophis mycterizans 



xv, 347 ; Birds observed in the Nilgiris and Wynaad, xvi, 163 ; Assam 



Birds, xvi, 176 ; The Goosander (M. castor), xvi, 378 ; The NestingTof 



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