CONTENTS OF THIS N U M B E R—{contd.} 



Page 

 Miscellaneous Notes : — 



I.— Tiger and Goat. By S. M. Fraser = 163 



II. — Length of Tigers and Panthers. By Brig. General 



R. G. Burton 163 



III. — Tigers in Trees. By Brig. General E. G. Burton . . 164 



IV.— Scent. By Brig. General R. G. Burton 164 



v.— Food of the Grey Musk Shrew {Croeidura m^ruleay 



By W. S. Millard 164 



VI.— Expected Plague of Field Rats in 1920. By W. S. 



Millard 165 



VII. — Female Black-Buck {A. cenncapra) with horns. By 



E.G. Browne 1&9 



VIII.— Abnormal Sambhar Horn. By G. Tate 170 



IX. — Birds of difl'erent species nesting in company. By 



H. W. Waite 171 



X. — Curious Nesting Site of the Indian Hoopoe {Upupa 



indica). By H. W. Waite 171 



XI. — Breeding of Black-necked Stork {Xenorhynclms 



asiaticus). By F. Field 171 



XII.— Egret and Lizard. By H. R. Meredith, i.c.s 172 



XIII. — Common Pochard {N. ferrina) at Bangalore. By 



Capt. E. O. King : 172 



XIV, — Mesopotamian Bird Notes. By W. D. Gumming. ... 173 

 XV. — The Great Indian Hornbill {Dichocerros bicornu). 



By R. A. Spence 1 74 



XVI. — Suppression of the name of the snake described by 

 me as Oligodon evansei. By Lt.-Col. F. WaU, 



I.M.S., c.M.u •• 173 



XVII. — Occurrence of Theobald's Kukri Snake {Simotes 



theobaldi) in Assam. By S. H. Prater 1 75 



XVIII. — Cobra without the cuneate scale. By Lt.-Ool. C. E. 



Luard ^ ' ■^ 



XIX.— On the Breediug of the Checkered Water Snake 



{Tropidonotus piscator). By Lt.-Col. C. E. Luard. 47^ 



XX.— The Mysterious ' Joor.' By E. Brook Fox 175 



XXI.— Large Carp from Mesopotamia. By Major F. B. 



Lane 1^^ 



XXII.— A New Hawk Moth. By Major F. B. Scott, i.A.j. . 177 

 XXllI.— Strange find of the larva of the Butterfly (Teino- 



paipas imperialis.) By Oscar Lindgren i V'f 



XXIV.— Life History of the ' Buprestid ' Leaf Miner {Trachys 

 hicolor, Kerremans), a pest on (Butea frondosa) in 

 Mysore. By P. V. Subramaniam. (With a plate.) i^Q 

 XXV.— A Short Note on the Atrophic abortion of the 

 inflorescence of the Onion (Allium cepa, L.) (With 

 two plates.) By P. M. Debbarman, B.sc, M.R.A.s. I /»• 



XXVI.— Editorial ^ ^? 



Proceedings 



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