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Botany of tkb Laccadives, being Natural History Notes 

 FROM H. M. I. M. Survey Steamer " Investigator,^^ Com- 

 mander R. F. HosKYN, R.N., Commanding. Series II., 

 No. 5. Continued. By D. Prain 460 



The Poisonous Plants OP Bombay. Part IV. (With P/aies E mid 



F.) By Surgeon-Major K. R. Kirtikar, I. M. S., F. L. S. ... 487 



Notes on Wild Dogs, &c. By Prof. H. Littledale, B.A., Baroda 



College ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 494 



Indian Flowers. By Surgeon -Major K. E. Kirtikar, I. M. S., 



F. L. S 512 



Preservation of Birds and Harmless Wild Animals in 

 Malcolmpeth (Mahableshwar). By C. G. Dodgson, Acting 

 Under-Secretary to Grovernment ... ... ... ... ,.,530 



Correspondence : — 



The Mammalia of India ... ... ... ... ... ... 533 



Review: — 



1. Records of Sport in Southern India ... ... 537 



2. Fur-bearing Animals in Nature and in Commerce ... ... 540 



3. Horn Measurements ... ... ... ... 54l 



Miscellaneous Notes:— 



1. Food of the Flying Fox 544 



2. Birds observed breeding in Kharaghora ... ... ... 544 



3. 1^ ote on Psilotum iriquetnim ... ... ... ... ... 544 



4. Note on Indian Breeds of Dogs ... ... ... ... 545 



5. A Gazelle's Food 547 



6. A Lynx attacking a Man ... ... ... ... ... 648 



7. On the occurrence of the Spotted Grey Tree-Creeper at 



Ahmednagar, Deccan ... ... ... ... ... 648 



8. Moonlight Shadows ... 649 



9. Measurements of Black -Buck Horns 550 



10. A Bold Panther... 550 



11. Measurement of Sambm- Horns 551 



12. Ducks ... ... ... 553 



13. The Giant Betel-nut Tree 553 



14. Wolf-hunting 654 



15. New Sumatran Buttei*flies ... ... ... 555 



Proceedings ... 568 



Accounts FOR 1892 ... 662 



