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



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 Miscellaneous Notes : — 



I.— A White Tiger in Captivity. {With a photo.) Editors 932 



II.— Record Panther Skull (i*". ^ard«.-.) {With a plate.) S. H. Prater". 933 



III. — Notes on Panthers. A. G. McArthur 935 



IV. — Panther in a tree with a pig. J. H. Longrigcr i.p.s 935 



v.— Measurements of Tigers and Panthers. Lt^'-Col. A.' Stuart Capper. 936 



VI. — Hyaenas in Mesopotamia. Lt.-Col. A. Stuart Capper 936 



VII.— A large Bear ( U. labiatus) shot near Guna. Lt.-Col. A. Stuart Capper. 937 



VIII. — '' Sore Neck " in Sambhar. Editors 937 



IX. — Double growth of horns in Sambhar. Hugh Copley 938 



X. — Black Buck vs. Motor. J . Budden 938 



XI. — Rough Notes on the Avifauna of the NelUampathy Hills. A. P. 



Kinloch 939 



XII. — Occurrence of the Pied Ground Thrush {Geocichla icardi) on the Nel- 



liampathy Hills. A. P. Kinloch 944 



XIII. — Egret farming in Sind 944 



XIV. — Snaring Quail in North Behar. {With a plate.) C. M. Inglis, 



F.Z.S., F.E.S., M.B.O.XJ 947 



XV. — Further Notes on Indian Nightjars. B. B. Osmaston, m.b.o.u t) 18 



XVI. — Notes on the " Habits of Anthracoceros albirostris, the In do-Burmese 



Pied Hornbill, in confinement." A. M. Primrose 950 



XVII. — Nidification of the Himalayan Long-billed Vulture {Gyps tenui- 



rostris.) E. H. Gill 951 



XVIII. — The Lammergyer {Gypaetus barbatiis) and the Golden Eagle (Aquila 



chrysaetus.) C. H. Donald, f.z.s., m.b.o.u 952 



XIX. — Abnormal egg of the Monal {Lophophorus refulgens.) Major J. E. 



M. Boyd, R.A.M.G 953 



XX. — Eggs of the Pheasant-tailed Jacana {H. chirwyus.) T. R. Livesey. . 954 



XXI. — White-headed Duck shot near Quetta. F. C. R. Jourdain 954 



XXII. — An encounter with a Hamadryad {Naia bungarus.) Col. G. H. 



Evans, c.i.e., c.b.e 954 



XXIII. — The food of the Burmese Roller (C afflnis) and of the Ashy Drongo 



{D. nigrescens.) Col. G. H. Evans, c.i.e,, c.b.e 954 



XXIV. — Breeding habits of the Green Turtle {Chelonia mydas.) Mrs. N. 



Mawson 955 



XXV. — Angling for Barbus hexagonolepis in Assam. A. M. Primrose .... 957 

 XXVI. — A Note on the Insect-eating habits of the Indian Hornet ( Fes^a 



cincta), C. Dover 960 



XXVII. — A Note on Carpenter-Bees in the Society's collection. 



C. Dover 961 



XXVIII. — Curious case of Protective mimicry in a Caterpillar. Lt.-Col. 



A. Newham, i.i. (Retd.) 962 



XXIX.— Earwigs from Mesopotamia and N. W. Persia. P. A. Buxton 963 



XXX.— New localities for rare and little known Sphinyidce. C E. Fellowes- 



Manson 964 



XXXI.— Description of a new Galeonuna from Bombay. J.le W.B. Tomlin, m.a. 964 



XXXII.— Note on the Cottcm Tree (Bombax malabaricum.) G. H. Banner ji . . 965 

 XXXIII.— On some unusual contributions to the Society's Museum. B. C. 



Ellison and S. H. Prater 966 



Proceedinss ■- 9oo 



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 published by R. A. Spence for the Bombay Natural History society— szaa.^i. 



