CONTENTS 



OF THE NATTJEAL HISTORY PART (PT. II.) OP THE 



JOURNAL or THE ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL FOR 1876, 



No. 1, (issued June 26th, 1876). On tie General Theory of Duplex 

 Telegraphy (with a Woodcut). — By Louis Schwendler. — On some 

 Lizards from Sind, with Descriptions of nevj Species of Ptyodactylus, Steno- 

 dactylus, «wc?Trapelus (Pis. I and II). — By W. T. Blanford. — On certain 

 protracted Irregularities of Atmospheric Pressure in the Indian Monsoon 

 region, and their Melation to Variations of the local Rainfall. — By H. F. 

 Blaneord. — Description of a new Species of Phasmidse (PL XI). — Bi/ J. 

 Wood-Masoist. — Description q/^Felis Shawiana, a neio Lyncine Cat from 

 JEastern Turkestan. — By W. T. Blanford. — Description of a new Species 

 of Cetoniidse. — By J. Wood-Mason. 



No. 2, (issued August 18th, 1876). An Account of Experiments made 

 in 1875 and \^1^ in various parts of India, for the purpose of comparinq 

 the ohserved Temperature of the Dew-point with that computed from the 

 IBsychrometer hy different methods of Reduction. — By H. P. Blanford. — 

 List of the Birds collected 07i the Expedition into the Dafla Dills, Assam, 

 together with those obtained in the adjacent Darrang Terai (Pis. Ill and 

 IV). — By H. H. Godwin- Austen. — On the Physical Geography of the 

 Great Indian Desert with especial reference to the former Existence of the 

 Sea in the Indus Valley ; and on the Origin and Mode of Formation of the 

 Sand-hills, — By W. T. Blanford. 



No. S, (issued November 14th, 1876). A Sketch of the Vegetation of 

 the JSTicohar Islands (Pis. XII and XIII). — By S. KuRZ. — Description of 

 Golunda Ellioti from Sind (PI. T).—By W. T. Blanford.— O;^ the 

 Cyclostomacea of the Dafla Sills, Assam (Pis. VII and VIII, A). — By H. 

 H. Godwin- Austen. — Descriptions of some new Land and Fresh-Water 

 Shells from India and Burmah (PL XIV). — By W. Theobald. — De- 

 scription of new Species q/" Blattidse helonging to the Genus Panesthia. — By 

 J. Wood- Mason. 



No. 4, (issued April 19th, 1877). Fifth List of Birds from the Rill 

 Ranges oj- the North-East Frontier of India (Pis. V, VI, and IX). — By 

 H. H. Godwin- Austen. — Contributions toioards a Knoiuledge of the Bu/r- 

 mese Flora. — By S. K'URZ. — On the Helicidse collected during ihe Expedi- 

 tion into the Dafla Hills, Assam (PL VIII). — By H. H. Godwin- 

 Austen. — On the Physical Explanation of the Inequality of the two Semi- 

 diurnal Oscillations of Barometric Pressure. — By H. P. Blanford.— - 

 Contributions towards the knowledge of the Fossil Flora in India. I. On 

 some Fossil Plants from the Damuda Series in the Raniganj Coalfield, 

 collected by Mr. J. Wood-Mason (Pis. XV— XXI).— ^y Ottokar 

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