Contents 



No. 85.-JANUARY. 



Page. 

 Prefatory Notice, i 



I. — A Grammar of the Pashtoo or Afghanee Language. By Lieut. Leach, .... 1 

 II.— Sisupala Badha, or death of Sisupala by Magha. Translated, with Anno- 

 tations, by J. C. C. Sutherland, Esq 16 



III.— On the Distribution of European Birds. By W. Jameson, Esq., Bengal 



Medical Service, 21 



IV.— On a new Genus of the Fissirostral Tribe. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., Cata- 



mandu {with plate), 35 



V. — Two new species of Meruline Birds. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., Catamandu 



(withplate), 37 



VI. — On the Egyptian system of Artificial Hatching. By Don Sinbaldo Demas 



(withplate), 38 """ 



VII. — Dr. Burke's Report on the Value of Life among the Officers and Men in 



H. Majesty's troops in India, 48 



VIII.— Observations on the Burmese and Munipoor Varnish Tree. By N. 



Wallich, Esq. M.D. (withplate), 70 



IX.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society, 72 



X. — Meteorological Register, 76 



No. 86.— FEBRUARY. 



I. — Report on the Settlement of the ceded District of Azimgurh, commonly 



called Chuklah Azimgurh. By J. Thomason, Esq 77 



II.— Mr. Hodgson on Cuculus 136" 



III.— Report on the Coal and Iron Mines of Talcheer and Ungool, &c. &c. By 



Mr.M. Kittoe, 137 



IV- — Objects of Research in Affghanistan. By Professor Lassen, 145 



V.— On the detection of Arsenical Poisons, &c. &c. By W. B. O'Shaughnessy, 



Esq. M.D. •<•• 147 



IV.— Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 150 



VII.— Meteorological Register, 158 



No. 87.— MARCH. 



I,— Notice of an Inscription on a Slab discovered in February, 1838, by Capt. 

 T. S. Burt, Bengal Engineers, in Bundelkhund, near Chhatarpur, .... 



!!• — Account of a Journey to Beylah, and Memoir on the Province of Lus. By 



Lieut. Carloss, Indian Navy, 184 



HI-— -On three new species of Musk (Moschus) inhabiting the Himalayan dis- 

 tricts. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq 202 — 



*V. — On Isinglass in Polynemus sele, Buch., a species which is very common 

 in the Estuaries of the Ganges. By J. M'Clelland, Assistant Surgeon, (with 

 plate,) 203 l 



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