i v Contents. 



Page. 

 V —Captain Thos. Hutton on Galeodes (vorax ?) .. .. • • ..857 



VI. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for August. .. .. .. .. 863 



VII.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for September. .. .. .. 876 



No. 130. 



I. —A Monograph of the Indian and Malayan species of Cuculidae, or Birds of 



the Cuckoo family. By Edward Blyth, Curator of the Asiatic Society. . . 897 

 II.— Notes, principally Geological, on the Tract between Bellary and Bijapore. 



By Capt. Newbold, F. R. S. &c. Madras Army. 929 



III.— Notes, principally Geological, from Bijapore to Bellary, via Kannighirri. 



By Capt. Newbold, F. R. S. &c. Madras Army. .. .. . . 941 



IV. — Ancient Inscription found at Aden, Communicated to the Asiatic Society 



by the Government of India. With a plate. . . . . • . • . 958 



V.— Meteors observed at Allahabad on the 10th of August, 1842. By Capt. 



Shortrede, 1st Assistant, Grand Trigonometrical Survey of India. .. 959 



VI.— Memorandum on the " Bora Chung," of Bootan. By A. Campbell, Esq., 



Superintendent, Darjeeling, .. .. .. .. .. •• 963 



VII. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for October. .. .. .. 964 



No. 131. 



I.— A Seventh Memoir on the Law of Storms in India; being the Calcutta Hur- 

 ricane of 3rd and 4th June 1842. By Henry Piddington, Esq 971 



II. — A Monograph of the Indian and Malayan species of Cuculidae, or Birds 

 of the Cuckoo family. By Edward Blyth, Curator of the Asiatic Society. — 

 (Concluded.) .... .... .... .... 1095 



III. — The Avatars of Vishnoo. An abstract Translation from the Pudma Pooran. 



By E. C. Ravenshaw, Esq. .... 1112 



No. 132. 



I. — Specimens offered to the Asiatic Society of Bengal. By Captain Newbold, 



F. R. S. &c. Madras Army, 1131 



II. — Report on a Route from Pakung Yeh in Ava, to Aeng in Arracan. By 



Lieut. Trant, of the Q. M. G. Dept. 1136 



III. — Capt. Manson's Journal of a Visit to Melum and the Oonta Dhoora Pass 

 in Juwahir. Edited by J. H. Batten, Esq. C. S. for the Journal of the 

 Asiatic Society «. 1157 



IV. — On the Wool of the Bactrian, or two-humped Camel (Camelus Bac- 

 trianus,) being a Copy of an unpublished paper forwarded to the Royal 

 Asiatic Society of London. By Captain Thomas Hutton, 1182 



V. — Public Papers relating to the Nurma or Chanderi Cotton, in reference to 

 queries by Mr. Piddington, Journal Asiatic Society Vol. X. p. 715; being a 

 report to Government by Capt. J. Abbott, Assistant Resident Nimaur 1188 



VI.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for November 1198 



VII.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for December... .... .... 1204 



