Xxii CONTENTS. 



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 4.— Indication of a new Genus of the Picidse, with description of the type. 



A new species, also, of two new species of the Genus Sitta, . . 778 



5. —New species of Hirundinidae, •• •• •• •• 779 



IV. —Description of the Shell and Animal of Nematura, a new Genus of 

 Mollusca, inhabiting situations subject to alternations of fresh and brack- 

 ish water. By W. H. Benson, Esq. B. C. S. .. •• ..781 

 V.— Note on the Genus Pterocyclos of Mr. Benson and Spiraculum of Mr. 



Pearson. By Dr. William Bland, .. •• •• ..783 



VI.— Note on the Nautical Instruments of the Arabs. By James Prinsep, Sec. 784 

 VII.— Facsimiles of Ancient Inscriptions, lithographed. By ditto, .. .. 795 



VIII— Description of Uch-Sharif. By Munshi Mohan Lai. •• •• 796 



IX.— Specimens of the Soil and Salt from the Samar, or Sambhur lake salt- 

 works. Collected by Lieut. Arthur Conolly, and analyzed by Mr. J. 



798 

 Stephenson, 



X. -Remarks on a collection of Plants, made at Sadiya, Upper Assam, from 

 April to September, 1836. By William Griffith, Assistant Surgeon, 

 Madras Establishment, on duty in Upper Assam, • - . . 806 



XI.-Note on a Remnant of the Hun Nation. [Vide Chap. 26 of the " Decline 

 and Fall of the Roman Empire" under the head of " Original Seat of the 

 Huns."] By Captain W. Foley, .. •• • ..813 



XII.— Table shewing the breadth of the river Satlaj and the rate of its current 

 at different stages, from Harrike Pattan to its junction with the Indus at 



Mithankot, 



XIII.— A Comparative view of the daily range of the Barometer in different 



parts of India. By James Prinsep, Sec. As. Soc. &c. .. •• 816 



XIV.— Postscript to the Memoir on the Depression of the Wet-bulb Thermo- 

 meter published in the July number. By the same, .. .. ..828 



XV.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 



XVI.— Meteorological Register, .. •• •• " 



