xxviii CONTENTS. 



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Miscellaneous Notes — 



l t — The Destructive Work of Termites 147 



2— The Distribution of the Black-capped Purple Kingfisher {Hal- 

 cyon pileai a) ... ... ... ... ... ... 148 



3.— Deflection of Bullets on a Tiger's Skull 148 



4.. — An Instance of the Natural Eepellent effect of "Warning 



Colours" ., 149 



5. — The Whice-faced Duck {Erismatura leucocephala) 150 



6. — Crocodiles ... 151 



7. — Leopard versus Chital. Pig verms Leopard 158 



8. — NidiHcation of the Thick-billed Flower-pecker (Ptprisoma 



agile) 159 



9. — Small Game of the Peshawar District 160 



10.— The Blue Rock Tl. rush 161 



11. — The Indian Mongoose in Jamaica ...161 



12. — On the Occurrence of the Lesser Coucal (Centropus iengalensis, 



Blytb) in Ceylon 162 



13. — Small Game in the Kharaghora District 163 



14. — On the Occurrence of Asio acripitrinus, Pallas, in Ceylon ... 163 

 15. — On the Distribution of Halcyon pileata (the Black-capped 



Kingfisher) 164 



16. — Savagery of the Indian Sloth-bear ... 164 



17. — The Soaley Ant-eater {Manis pentadictyla) ..* ... ... 165 



18. — On K'-tapa ceylonensis (Gmel.) breeding in Captivity 165 



19. — On the Indian Porcupine 166 



20.— The Indian Sloth Bear 167 



21.— Late Stay of Wild Fowl 168 



22.— Late Stay of Wild Fowl ... 169 



Indian Ducks and their Allies. Part II. {With Plate II.) By 



E. C. Stuart Baker, f.z.s., m.b.o.u 171 



Birds Collected during Five Years' Residence in the Hylakandy 



District, Cachar. Part IV. By C M. Inglis 199 



A List of the Butterflies of Mussoorie in the Western Himala- 

 yas and Neighbouring Regions. Parti. {With Plates U, V, 

 and W.) By Philip W. Mackinnon, f.e.s., and Lionel de Niceville, 

 C.M.Z.S., f.e.s., &c 205 



The Birds of North Cachar. Part VIII. B> E. C. Stuart Baker, 



F.Z.S.. m.b.o.u. 222 



