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INDEX. 



RhyncJicea tengcUensis at Poonah, 14 



Rhynchops, or skimmer, 54 



Ribwort plantain at Vemag, 204 



Ring-dove, 128 



Eivei^orosslmg liy Soindiane, 53 



Robin (Indian), 12, 137 



Eock-pigeon (blue), 133 



Rock-thrush (blue), 100, 151 ; of Hima- 

 laya has longer bill, 101 



Roller (Indian), 22, 136 ; (fairy), 41 



Rook, 127 



Rooks at Peshawur, 317 



Roree, 54 



Rose iyellow) 219 



Motocompsa leucotis, 38 



Rupshoo, plains of, 273 



Rwsa equina, 189 , hippelaph/us, 189 ; 

 arisiotdis, 190 



RaticiUa erytkrogasira, 115 ; fuliginosa, 

 115 ; leucocephala, 115 



Saffron of Pampur, 176 



Salep orchis, 259 



Salgram, 158 



Salt range, 137 



Salt-revenue employee, 150 



Sambar deer, 189 



Sand-fly, bite of, 59 



Sand-grouse (lesser), 119 ; (black-breast- 

 ed), 152 ; (Tibetan), 280 ; at Pesha- 

 wur, 317 



Sand-lark on shore of Tooskee lake, 

 277 



Sand-martins, 49 ; (small brown), 154 



.Sandpiper (common), 49 ; white-rumped, 

 49 ; (green), 129, 154 ; (Temminck's), 

 277 



Sand; clouds of, in Scinde, 34, 35 



Sanko fort and its commandant, 291 



Sans or Tibetan antelope, 279 



Saraglossa spUoptera, 99 



Saxicola picata, 33, 137 ; atrogularis, 

 39, 133 



Scavenger animals of hot climates, 307 



Scavengers of India, birds which are, 

 23 



Scind, Sagour Doab, a race in the Pun- 

 jaub, 135 



Scinde, poor scenery of, 34 ; climate of, 



very trying, 35 ; natives of, 36 

 Sciwrus palmanim, 136 

 Scolopax rusticola, 112 

 Scorpion, small black one, 256 

 Scorpions get into boots, 19 



Sediment of Indian rivers, 120 



Seeran or goat-antelope, 220 



Sehwan, scenery about, 51 ; pass of, and 



old castle, 53 ; water-fowl at, 54 

 Selalee, female of black-headed pheasant, 



216 

 Senmopithecus soMstaoenis, 107 ; enteU 



his, 108 

 Sepoy escort, 160 

 Serinuggur, 171 



Sewalik range, 61, 62 ; fossils of, 2 

 Seyehelle Islands, productions of, 8 

 Sha, a wild sheep, 138 

 Shadepoor, 215 ; canal of, 250 

 Shag (dwarf), 122 

 Shaheen, or royal falcon, 108 

 Shahnar, a kind of sheep, 138 

 Shapoo, or wild sheep of Ladakh, 138, 



267 

 Shark off Madeira, 6 

 Shawl-goats, 272 



Shawl-maniifactories, Cashmere, 173 

 Shawul, a large fox, 171 

 Sheep .(wild), 143 ; of Ladakh, 267 ; 



sheep eating dung, 308 ; near Pesha- 

 wur, 316 

 Sheerwater, 54 



Shell in pool of Mugger-peer, 43 

 Shells of pearl-oyster, 36 

 Sher, name for larger Felinse, 189 

 Shergol, Lama temple at, 264 

 Shickaree (Himalayan), 103 

 Shickargahi or game-preserves, 47 

 Shoveller duck, 54 

 Shrike (bay-backed), its habits, 12, 



144 ; (land), 37 ; (red-backed), 202 

 Sight, vulture discover carcases by, 77 

 Sileste village, 263 

 Silk and silk-worms at Brar, 198 

 Simla, objections to sanitarium at, 117 

 Singrace, or Eld's deer, 190 

 Sinh-kha-bab, 267 

 Sirocco wind in Mediterranean, how it 



affects health, 274 

 Sisi, a partridge, 140 

 Siskin (Himalayan), 109, 169 

 Sitta himcdayana, 110 

 Skeen, or ibex, 233 

 Skeletons of criminals, 172 

 Skimmer, habits of, 54 

 Sloth bear, 241 

 Snake, killed in bedroom, 18 ; skins in 



houses, 18 ; which hunts frogs, 221 ; 



(water) on Wulur lake, 249 



