REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE. 375 



of the names and rendered Gates and Blanford, until amended in this respect, 

 of Uttle value to the Ornithologist. Mr. Stuart Baker's work goes far towards 

 making good this defect. 



Further, with a view to showing the distribution of birds in India, the follow- 

 ing lists have been published during the period under review : — 



The Birds of Prey of the Punjab. By C. H. Donald,' F.Z.S. 



Birds of the Ludhiana District, Punjab. By H. Whistler, M B.O.U.. 



F.Z.S. 

 A List of Birds found in the Simla Hills. By A. E. Jones. 

 A Tentative List of the Vertebrates of the Jalpaiguri District, Bengal 

 (With Plates) By C. M. Inglis and others. 



PUBLICATIONS. 



The Society's Journal published during the period under review contained 

 the following contributions to Scientific Biology :— 



The Scientific results of the Mammal Sukvey No. 18, by Maktin C. General Bio- 

 ■HiNTON AND Nos. 19, 20 AND 21, BY Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S., R.C. logy, 

 Wroughton and Winifred M. Davidson. 

 Martin Hmton's paper comprises a report on House Rats of India. It is 

 based on the enormous amount of material collected by the Survey and is a 

 valuable monograph on the distribution and races of the genus Rattus in India. 

 Mr. Oldfield Thomas' papers form a sjmopsis of the groups of True IVIice 

 found within the Indian Empire and deal with new species of Mammals found 

 in Baluchistan and N. W. India. 



The 21 papers on the Mammal Survey hitherto pubUshed comprise 

 descriptions of 6 New Genera, 68 New Species and 83 New Sub-species. 



Summary of the results from the Indian Mammal Survey of the 



Bombay Natural History Society, Parts, 2, 3, 4 and 5. By R. C. 



Wroughton, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. 



Mr. Wroughton' s papers are a revision of the present day genera, species 



and geographical distribution of Indian MammaUa in special reference to 



Blanford's Volume on Mammalia in the Fauna of British India series. 



A New Species of Nesokia from Mesopotamia, by Oldfield Thomas, 



F.R.S. 

 Some New Masimals from MESOPOTAivnA, by Oldfield Thomas, F.R.S. 

 These papers deal with descriptions of new mammals obtained by the 

 Society's members in Mesopotamia and are pubhshed by permission of the 

 Trustees of the British Museum. 



Asiatic Starlings by Capt. C. B. Ticehubst, R.A.IM.C. 

 The paper deals with the classification and geographical races of the Genus 

 iSturnus found in Asia. 



A Mesopotamian Bulbul, by Capt., C. B. Ticehurst, R.A.M.C. 

 On a new sub-species of Bulbul obtained by the author at Basra. 



Supplementary Notes on Indian Birds by B. B. Osmaston CLE., I F.S. 

 The article is witten on special reference to certain errors and omissions 

 in the Volumes on Birds in the Fauna of British India series. 



Description of a New Snake of the genus Contia (B. and G.) from 



Persia by G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S. 

 On A collection of Snakes made in the Nilgiri Hills and the Ad- 

 jacent Wynaai). Part I and 2. By Col. F. Wall, I.M.b., O.M.U 

 Col. Wall's paper is based on a collection of 1699 snakes comprising 43 

 different species, one of which is new to science. 



Notes on Indian Butterflies, by Lt.-Col. W. H. Evans, R.E., F-E.S. 

 These articles are wi-itten ^vlth a view to bringing up to date our informatiou 

 on Indian Butterflies and are continued from the previous V olume. 



