CONTENTS OF THIS N U M B E R~[Gontd.) 



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 Miscellaneous Notes : — 



I. — Hysena driving Panther [away from its kill. By F. 



Fieldl 818 



II. — An Albino Tiger from the Central Provinces. By E. 



A. D'Abreu, F.z.s. 819 



III.^ — Notes on the Bvirmese Ferret-Badger {Helictis perso- 



nata). By H. V. O'Donel 819 



IV. — Flying Squirrel's nests. By, J. M. D. Mackenzie, i.f.s. 820 



V. — -Note on Epimys boicersi, And., etc. By J. M. D. 



Mackenzie, i.f.s 820 



VI. — Nidification of the Golden Weaver-Bird {Ploceella 



javanensis). By J. M. D. Mackenzie, i.f.s 821 



j^VII. — The Eastern Baya (Ploceus megarynchus) nesting in the 

 same tree as the Jungle Bee {Apis indicus). By 

 H. V. O'Donel 821 



VIII. — The Pied Crested Cuckoo (Coccystes Jacobinus). By 



B. B. Osmaston, i.f.s 821 



IX. — Sapsuckers in the U. S, A. By H. G. Champion, i.f.s. 822 



X. — Owl caught on a thorn. By B. B, Osmaston, i.f.s. . . 822 



XI. — The Nesting of the Rain Quail {Coturnix coroniandelica) 



in the Central Provinces. By Capt. J. A. Budden. 822 



Xil. — Breeding of the Banded Crake {Ballina superciliaris) . 



By B. B. Osmaston, i.f.s 824 



XIII. — Occurrence of the Bay-Backed Shrike {Lanius vittatus, 

 Val.) and the late stay of the Sheldrake {Tadorna 

 cornuta, Gmel.) in the Darbhanga District, Behar. 

 By C. M. Inghs.) 824 



XIV. — The late stay of the Sheldrake (7'. cornuta) in the 



Darbhanga District, Behar. By C. M. Inglis .... 825 



XV. — Notes on the Birds of Mesopotamia. By A. G. Tom- 



linson 825 



XVI. — Birds' Nesting round Ferozepore. By Brig.-Genl. 



E. M. Betham 829 



XVII, — Some observations on a Common House Lizard {He- 

 tnidactylus flaviiiridis, Ruppell) of India. (With a 

 Plate). By Baini Parshad, M. So 834 



XVIII.— The Breeding Habits of the Mahseer {Barbus tor). By 



Capt. C. A. Nevill 838 



XIX. — Vanessa xanthomelaena found occurring below 2,000 



feet altitude. By W. W. Gumming 839 



XX. — Scorpion Sting and Garden Rue. By E. Blatter, s.j. 839 



