Ixviii GENERAL INDEX. 



SHOT-BORER— (See Coleopteea). 



SHOVELLER— The— , (Plate), xvi, 399. 



SHREW— Food of the—" Muskrat " or Grey—, (C. ccerulea), xvi, 751. 



SHRIKES — A possible case of hybrid breeding of — ,xvi, 745. 



SIKES, F.— Notes on Harrier Hawks in Uva, Ceylon, xv, 532. 



SIKHIM— Catalogue of the Heterocera of— and Bhutan, xiv, 6, 346, 547 761 ; 

 xv, 319,602 ; xvi, 275. 



SIMCOX, A. H. A.— Breeding seasons of Big Game in India, xvi, 370 ; The 

 Crocodile, its food and muscular vitality, xvi, 375. 



SIND — Occurrence of the Cotton Teal in — , xv, 143 ; Occurrence of the Whoo- 

 per Swan (C. musicus) in — , xv, 716 ; Vegetation in — , xvi,:l72 ; Occurrence 

 of AUgithaliscus coronatus in — , xvii, 244 ; The small Civet Cat in — , xvii, 

 844. 



SINGAPORE— Some Birds of—, xvii, 755. 



SKIRVING, O. S.— Malformed Sambar and Gaur Horns, xvii, 846. 



SMITH, F. A.— A Sword-Fish striking a ship, xiv, 600. 



SNAKE(S) — Distinguishing characters between Poisonous and Non-poison- 

 ous — , xiv, 93 ; A — and a Fish, xiv, 142 ; A rare — , (Coniia angustireps), xiv, 

 J 81 ; Venoms, their physiological action and antidote, xiv, 220; Aids to 

 the differentiation of — ,xiv, 337 ; Extraordinary magnitude of a — meal, xiv, 

 375 ; Travancore — , xiv, 386 ; Cannibalism in — , xiv, 395 ; xv, 524 ; The King 

 Cobra or Hamadryad, xiv, 409 ; Food of the Krait, xiv, 599 ; Vipera 

 russelli breeding in captivity, xiv, 614 ; Food of the King Cobra xiv, 629 ; 

 Description of a new Sea—, (I)isiira hendersoni) from Rangoon, xiv, 719 ; 

 Bites and Poisonous Fishes, xv, 112 ; A Centipede eating a — , xv, 135 ; Food 

 of the Hamadryad or King Cobra, xv, 143; Food of DryopMs mycteri- 

 zans, xv, 347 ; Dr. Calmette's Antitoxic Serum and the Poison of the Da- 

 boia, xv, 358 ; Ferocity of the Hamadryad or King Cobra, xv, 358 ; 

 The use of Dr. Calmette's Antivenine in — bite in India, xv, 403 ; On the 

 Penis of Russell's Viper, xv, 526 ; Food of the Common Krait (B. can- 

 didus), xv, 706 ; Occurrence of a rare Sea — , (D. gillespice) on the Malabar 

 Coast, xv, 723 ; A viperine — , which is oviparous, xv, 729 ; Notes on Bur- 

 mese Reptiles, xvi, 169 ; The Russell's Viper, xvi, 173 ; A Cobra feeding 

 on eggs, xvi, 174 ; Descriptions of 2 new — , from Upper Burma, xvi, 235 ; 

 Description of a new — , (0. McDougalli) from Burma, xvi, 251 j Notes 

 on — collected in Cannanore, xvi, 292 ; Simotes splendetts, xvi, 362 ; Note 

 on the Digestion of Eggs by Cobras and Daboias, xvi, 363 ; An Egg-eat- 

 ing Cobra, xvi, 369 ; The Breeding of Russell's Viper {V. ruiselli) xvi, 374 ; 

 Double-headed — , xvi, 386 ; Notes on some Bangalore— , xvi, 389 ; Egg-eat- 

 ing Cobras, xvi, 395; The size of—, xvi, 504; The size and breeding of — 

 xvi, 505 ; A — nest, xvi, 516 ; Food of Python molurus, xvi, 519; Breeding of 

 the Banded Krait, xvi, 519 ; A popular Treatise on the Common Indian — 

 (Plate, Lachesis gramineus and DryopMs mycterizans), xvi, 533 ; (Plate, 

 Macropisthodon plumbicolor), xvii, 1 ; (Plate, Zamenis mucobus), xvii, 259; 



