CONTENTS. 



Page. 



I. — Catalogue of the Birds of the Peninsula of India, arrang- 



ed according to the modern sj^steni of Classification ; with 

 brief Notes on their Habits and Geographical Distribu- 

 tion, and description of new, doubtful and imperfectly 

 described Species (Continued). — By T. C. Jerdon, Assis- 

 tant Surgeon, 2d Madras Light Cavalry 1 



II. — List of Minerals for presentation to the Society, collected 



from various parts of the Nizam's territories, Ceded Dis- 

 tricts, Kurnool, the Southern Mahratta Country, Mj'sore, 

 &c.— By Lieut. T, J. Newbold, 23d Light Infantry 16 



III. — Remarks upon the Auriferous Deposits of India, considered 



with especial Reference to their Economical Value. — By 

 Frederick Burr, Esq 30 



IV. — Observations on the Fossiliferous beds near Pondicherrj', and 



in the district of South Arcot.— By C. T. Kaye, Esq. 



Madras Civil Service , 37 



V. — Remarks on the Fruit of the Natural Order Cucurbitacese. — 



By Robert Wight, m. i>., f. l. s., &c 43 



VI. — Notices of some Roman Catholic Books, existing in the 



Telugu Language.— By C. P. Brown, Esq 54 



VII. — On the Fossils of the Eastern Portien of the Great 

 Basaltic District of India. — By John G. JNIalcolmson, 

 Esq., F. G- s. 58 



',VIIL — On the Entomology of the Himalayas and of India. — By 

 the Rev. F. W . Hope, F. R. S., F. L. S., &c.. President of 

 the Entomological Society of London 105 



IX. —Memoir on the Mammalogy of the Himalayas. — By Wm. 

 Ogllby, Esq. M. A., Fellow of the Royal Astronomical, Geo- 



