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Common Butterflies of the Plains of India. Part IX. 



(With Plates D 1 and B>\) By T. R. Bell, i.f.s 1115 



A Survey of the Mammalian Fauna of India, Burma and 



Ceylon 1137 



Review. — An Introduction to Biology for students in 

 India. By Capt. R. E. Lloyd, i.m.s. — Indian Earth- 

 worms and their Distribution 1 144 



Miscellaneous Notes : — 



I. Vitality of a wounded Tiger. By W. Forsyth 1147 



II. Old wounds in Tiger and Panther. By 



Lieut-Col. L. L. Fenton 1148 



III. The number of Cubs in a Tiger's litter. By 



W.Forsyth 1148 



IV. Sambur and Tiger. ByH. W. Seton-Karr.. 1149 

 V. Food of Sambur. By Chas. Gray 1149 



VI. Abnormal number of young in a Markhor. 



By J. A. Pottinger 1150 



VII. New Indian Bats 1150 



VIII. Great Indian Fin Whale near Ratnagiri. 



By N. B. Kinnear 1151 



IX. The Rufous-backed Sparrow (Passer pyrrJio- 



notus, Bly th) . ByH. Whistler 1151 



X. The Himalayan Greenfinch (Hypacanthis 



spinoides). By E. A. D'Abreu, f.z.s 1152 



XI. Blyth's Baza (Baza Jerdoni). By Alex. M. 



Primrose 1152 



XII. Second occurrence of the European Great 

 Bustard (Otis tarda) in India. By Capt. M. 



H. Simonds 1152 



XIII. The European Bustard (Otis tarda) in North- 

 ern India. By Lieut.-Col. H. Fooks, i.m.s. 1153 



