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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. 



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OSBOEN, Lt.-Genl. W., I.S.C. ; On 

 the Deposits of Fossil Remains of 

 Extinct Animals in the Sewalik 

 Hills of the Punjab and North- 

 West Provinces 163 



: Habits of the 



Indian Tree Magpie QDendrocitta 

 rufa) 



. ; Indian Sheep 



Dogs and another Indian Dog ... 



; Notes on the 



Himalayan Nutcracker (^Nuci- 

 fraga liemispila') 



OSMASTON, B. B., Deputy Conser- 

 vator of Forests ; Curious course 

 taken by the Hyoid Cornua or 

 Tongue Muscle in certain Wood- 

 peckers 



. ; Notes on the Nidifica- 



tion of some Birds, the nest and 

 eggs of which have not been 

 previously described 



; The Himalayan Nut- 



cracker (J^ucifraga liemisjnla) ... 

 ; The Chestnut-headed 



Short-wing (^OUgura castaneicoro- 

 nata") 



164 



165 



628 



587 



815 



818 



819 



PiLCHEE, Col. J. G,, F. R.C. S.; 

 On Methods used to preserve 

 Colour in relaxing Entomological 

 specimens 613 



Primrose, A. M. ; The Masked Fin- 

 foot (^Ileliopais personata') in 

 Cachar 173 



; Nesting of the Coot 



(Fuliea atra-) 392 



. ;. Note on the Occurrence 



of certain Birds in South Sylhet... 694 



Rhe-Philipe, Geo. W. V. de ; The 

 Butterflies of the Lucknow Dis- 

 trict 481 



; Euthalia leindea 



in Western Kumaon 595 



Ryan, G. M., I.F.S., F.L.S. ; Note on 

 a Flying Squirrel (^Pteromys oral') 

 found in the Thana District, 

 Bombay ,.. ... 612 



PAGE, 

 Ryan, G. M., I.F.S,, F.L.S.; Famine 

 Foods. QDioscorea pentaphyUuTn), 772 



Smith, Capt. F. A., M.D., I.M.S. ; 



Sword-Fish striking a Ship ... 600 

 Symonds, W. p., I.C.S. ; The Lilies 



of Mahableshwar and others ... 1 



Thomson, Major D., 28th Bom- 

 bay PiONEEES, F.Z.S. ; A Novel 

 Method of Catching a Jackal ... 386 



; AND W. H. CeADDOCK ; 



Notes on the Occurrence of certain 

 Birds in the Southern Shan States 

 of Burma -600 



Tooth, E. E. ; A Pied-Crested 

 Cuckoo''s Egg (^Coccystes jaco- 

 Mnus') found in the nest of the 

 Bengal Red-vented Bulbul ^Mol- 

 pastes 'bengalensis) 172 



■ ; The Nidification of 



the Bronze-winged Jacana (Meto- 

 2}idms indicus) 817 



TuTCHEE, W. J. ; The Flowering of 

 Bamboos ,. 177 



Wall, Capt. F., I.M.S. ; The Dis- 

 tinguishing Characteristic between 

 Poisonous and Non-poisonous 

 Snakes. (With Plates A, B, C and 

 D) 93 



; Aids to the Differ- 

 entiation of Snakes 337 



; Extr aordinary 



magnitude of a Suake"'s Meal. 

 (With a Plate) 375 



Weddeebuen, W. ; Drought resist- 

 ing Fodder Plants 614 



Whympee, S. L. ; Occurrence of the 

 Chestnut-headed Short-wing 

 (Oligura castaneieoronata) and 

 Nesting of the Black-chinned Yu- 

 hina (Ttohina nigrimentuvi) in 

 Kumaon 607 



■ ; Birds' Nesting in 



Kumaon .., , 624 



