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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XXVII. 



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The Aeabian Ostrich. By S. H. Prater 602 



The Birds of Prey of the Punjab. Part VII. By C. H. 



Donald, f.z.s., m.b.o.u 606 



Review — Shikar Notes for Novices. By the Hon'ble 



J. W. Best, i.F.s 616 



Editorial 618 



Obituary Notice 622 



Miscellaneous Notes : — 



I. Leopard Cat {F. bengalensis) in captivity 



(with a block). By A.M. Kinloch, f.z.s... 623 



II. The occurrence of the Ermine in the Punjab. 



By C. H. Donald, f.z.s., m.b.o.u 624 



III. Record Female Indian Gazelle {G. bennetti.) By 



R. H. Heath 625 



IV. Some splendid Black Buck Heads. By Editors. 626 

 V. A good head of the Goa or Tibetan Gazelle 



{Gazella picticaudata). (With a Block). 



By F. Ludlow, i.e.s 626 



VI. An old time Buffalo Hunt. By S. H. Prater. 627 

 VII. Twin Calf Elephants (with a block). By 



Gordon Hundley 62t 



VIII. " Man-eating Monkeys and Poisonous Locusts." 



By A. C. Miller 629 



IX. Melanism in the Red-vented Bulbul {Molpastes 



sp.). ByS. C. Law 629 



X. The breeding of the Eastern Orphean Warbler 

 {Sylvia jerdoni, Blyth) in the N. W. Frontier 



Province. By A. E. Jones 630 



XI. The Spine-tailed Swift {C. indica) and the 

 Burmese Swift (0. pacificus) in Assam. 

 By A. Primrose 631 



