INDEX. 



327 



Marmots (red), 242 ; a colony of, 258, 

 259 ; (white), and its burrows, 289 



Marriage-party of Paharees, 87 



Marten (yellow-throated), 97 ; pine, 

 98 ; (white-rumped), at Peshawur, 

 318 



Martin (sand), 128 



Martund, temple of, 200 



Masseer, fish so called, 132 



Mastiff (Tihetan), 274 



Mattari village, 199 



Maun, village of, 20 



Maunikyala tope, 124 



Meanee, hattle-field of, 50 



Melania, a shell in crocodile-pool, 43 



MeJanocorypka torquata, 174 



Melophiis mdanicterua, 100 



Merops mridis, 13 



Metoponia pusilla, 264 



Merghee kookera, name of kalij phea- 

 sant, 92 



Military officers have great advantages 

 for observation, 4 



Mibtms migrans, the govlnd kite, 12 



Mima persiea, plant so called, 257 



Mina at Poonah, 15, 24 



Mima Shah, ex-rajah of Iscardo, 182 



Missel thrush, 114 



Mohupora village, 218 



Monal pheasant, 88 ; habits of, 89, 90 ; 

 cutlets, 110 ; food of, 110 



Monkey (lungoor), herds of, 107 ; (en- 

 tellus), 108 



Monsoon, burst of the, 28 ; Maray on 

 formation of, 29 ; in sub-Himalayan 

 ranges, 117 ; Dr. Maury's theory of, 

 254, 255 



Moongus, or gray ichneumon, 19 



Moonguswail, plant said to be used as 

 antidote to snake-bites, 20 



Moonlit view from Rawul Pindee, 

 312 



MontifringiUa nemoricola, 261, 298 ; 

 adamsi, ill ; licBmatopygia, 283 



Morindah, death of ofBcer at, 120 



Moschus moscMferus, 95-97 



MotaciUa madera.spatana, rare at Poon- 

 ah, 13 ; drnkhimends, 13, 49, 136 ; 

 luzoiiiensis, 49, 136 ; mridis, 130 ; 

 Jmanda, 169, 275 

 -Mountain-finch (black-headed), 284 ; 



(brown), 298 

 Mouse (short-tailed field), 152 

 Mugger-peer, or crocodile-pond, 41-45 



Mulberries, 155 



Mullet at Thor, 84 



Mtmia malabarica, 152 



Murder of a poor old man at Peshawur, 



315 

 Murree Sanitarium, 159 

 Mus gigantms, the bandycoot, 20 

 Muscicapa parva, 140 

 Musk-deer, 83, 95 ; its musk-bag, 96 ; 



its enemies, 97 ; shot, 182 

 Musquitoes, 39 



Mussick, skin for carrying water, 59 

 Must, furious fits of temper in elephants, 



314 

 Mustard cultivated for its oil, 47 

 Mwstela Jlavigula, 84, 98 ; suhhemacha- 



lana, 206 ; dbietvm, 317 

 Myiophorms temrndmekii, 66, 115 



Nabtjo-nbt vill^e, 222 



Nagpagonding Pass, 282 



Nahoor of Ladakh, 277 



Naira, inhabitants of, 88 



Nardus, a grass on which ibex feeds, 



234 

 Narg village, 81 ; inhabitants, 82 

 Nature best studied in the open air, 4 

 Nectarmia goiUpariends, 104 ; maA- 



rattemsis, 144 

 Nelwiribivm speciosum, 175 

 Nettle (common) in India, 242 

 Night-jar, 103 



•Nightingale, dial-bird so called, 24 

 Niilava melanops, 100 

 Nobug-ney, 242 

 Norpoor, mayor of, 141 

 Nourmahal at Atsibul, 201 ; bower of, 



247 

 Noushera, 166 ; its situation, 169 

 Nvxsifra^a hemispila. 111 

 Nwmmius arguata, 40 ; phceqpus, 40 

 Nut Jehan, remains of his palace and 



gardens, 249 

 Nutcracker, 111 

 Nuthatch (Himalayan), 110 



Oaks of Himalaya, 63 



Officers in army and navy should pur- 

 sue natural science, 5 



Onyx, where found, 28 



Organic remains conveyed by floods and 

 freshets, 312 



Oriole (Indian golden), 24 ; note of, 

 202 



