LIST OF PLATES. 



No. 1. 



Page 

 The Game Birds of India, Burma and Ceylon. IX. The Imperial 



or Black-bellied Sand-Grouse {Pterocles arenarius) . . . . 1 



The Common Indian Snakes. XIX. {Coluber helena) . . . . 23 



The Palms of British India and Ceylon. XL.— XL VIII.— 



XL. A Young Double Cocoanut Palm {Lodoicea Seychel- 

 larum, Labill.) in the Botanical Garden of 

 Peradeniya. . . . . . . . . . . 67 



XLT. A Double Cocoanut Palm {Lodoicea Seychellarum, 



Labill.) in the Jungle of Praslin Island. . . . 69 



XLII. A male Double Cocoanut Palm {Lodoicea Seychella- 

 rum, Labill.) in flower in the Botanic Garden of 

 Peradeniya . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 



XLIII. A Double Cocoanut Palm {Lodoicea Seychellarum, 



Labill.) in fruit growing on Praslin Island. . . 73 



XLIV. A Fruiting Specimen of the Double Cocoanut Palm 

 {Lodoicea Seychellarum, Labill.) from Praslin 

 Island. . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 



XLV. A Grove of Double Cocoanut Palms in the Coco- 



de-Mer Valley of Praslin Island. . . . . 77 



XLVI. Fish-tail Palm {Caryota urens, L.) and Young 

 Plants of Oreodoxa rec/ia, Mart., in Victoria 

 Gardens, Bombay . . . . . . . . . . 79 



XLVII. Caryota mitis. Lour., in the Botanic Garden, 



Calcutta. . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 



XL VIII. Caryota Rumphiana, Mart., in the [Botanic Garden 



of Peradeniya. . . . . . . . . . . 85 



Nyctinomus ivroughtoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 



Termites from British India, E.-G. — 



E. 1. Royal cell of Odontotermes bangalorensis, Holmgr. 



2. Fungus beds of O, bangalorensis. 3. Mound 



of O. bangalorensis more than 8 feet high . . 105 



F. 4. Low, but rather broad, mound of O. bengalorensis. 



5. Royal celKof 0. bangalorensis. 6. Fungus beds 

 of O. ifm^aZorejisz's with remarkable indentations. 

 7. Fungus beds of O. ivallonensis, Wasm. . . 107 



G. 8,9. Low nests|of O. wallonensis with ''chimneys". 



10. High mound of O. wallonensis with "chim- 

 neys" 110 



