CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER. 



The Bulbuls of North Cachar. By E. 0. Stuart Baker. Part III. 



{With 1 Plate) 263 



BOTAKT OF THE LACCADnTES, BEING NATURAL HiSTORT NOTES 



FROM H. M. I. M. Survey Steamer "Investigator," Oom- 

 MANi>ER R. F. HosKTN, K.N., COMMANDING. Series II., No. 5. 



By D. Prain ... 268 



Report upon a Small Collection of Scorpions sent to the 

 British Museum by Mr., Edgar Thurston, of the Go- 

 vernment Central Museum, Madras. By R. I. Pocock, 

 of the British Museum (Nat. Hist. Dept.) 295 



The Poisonous Plants of Bombay. By Surgeon-Major K. R. 



Kirtikar, I. M. S. Part III. {With Plate l)\ 312 



Description of a New Toad from Travancore. By G. A. Bou- 



LENGER 317 



Description of a New Earth-Snake from Travancore. By 

 g. a. boulenger 318 



Notes on a New Species of Wren Found ix North Cachar, 



Assam. By E. C. Stuart Bakkr. {With 1 Plats) 319 



On New and Little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan 

 Region. By Lionel de Nice'ville, F.E.S., C.M.Z.S., &c., 

 ( With Plates H, /. and J, lohich loUl aj)pearin a subsequent Number). 322 



Bombay Grasses, By Dr. J. C. Lisboa, FLS., Part V 357 



List of Birds' Eggs. Presented to the Society by Mr. E. C. S. 



Baker, of North Cachar, August 1892 390 



Review , 391 



MiSCELL-lNEOUS NOTES — 



1. — Nest and Eggs of the Crested Black Kite 403 



2. — Curious tumour on a Black Buck ; 405 



3, — Does a Tiger kill Snakes 405 



4. — A Bear with three Cubs ' 406 



5. — A Rare Snake 406 



6. — ^A Panther eatiag a Panther 407 



Proceedings 408 



