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 Some Notes on Birds from Gyantse and Chumbi in 

 Tibet, with a List of the Game Birds killed dur- 

 ing THE four years, 1906-1909. By Captain F. M. 

 Bailey 178 



The Improvement in the yield and quality of Indian 

 Wheat. By Albert Howard, m.a., a.r.c.s., f.l.s., Im- 

 perial Economic Botanist, and Gabrielle L. 0. Howard, 

 M.A., Associate and some time Fellow of Newnham 

 College, Personal Assistant to the Imperial Economic 

 Botanist 187 



A New Snake from the Western Himalayas TracMs- 

 chium quinquelabialis. (With a Text-Jig.^ By Major 

 F. Wall, i.m.s., c.m.z.s 201 



Plants of the Punjab. A Brief Descriptive Key to the 

 Flora of the Punjab, North- West Frontier Province 

 and Kashmir. Part IX. By Colonel C. J. Bamber, 

 F.L.S. , Indian Medical Service 203 



The Progress of the Mammal Survey of India, Burma 



AND Ceylon 229 



Miscellaneous Notes. — 



I. Tiger calling like a Sambur. By Major H. 



H. Harington and J. W. Best, i.F.s 235 



II. Young Tiger attacking Human beings. By 



H, E. Cross 236 



III. Panther and Wild Boar. By Lieut. F. Fitz- 



Gibbon 237 



IV. Golden Cat (Felis temmincki) killing Buffallo 



Calf. By N. B. Kinnear 237 



V. Mungooses in the Eastern Ghats. By P. 



Roscoe Allen 237 



VI. Distribution of the Sloth-Bear (Melursus 

 ur sinus), and the Indian Lion (Felis leo). 

 By R. Khengarji 238 



