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PROCEEDINGS 

 OF A MEETING HELD ON 1st JULY 1919. 



A meeting of members of the Bombay Natural History Society, and their 

 friends, took place on Tuesday, the 1st July 1919, Mr. John Wallace pre- 

 siding. The election of the following 24 new members since the last 

 meeting was announced : — 



The Honorary Secretary, Victoria Memorial Park, Rangoon ; the l»ev. 

 R. D. Acland, Sonai ; the Secretary, Municipal Committee, Peshawar ; Mr. 

 S. L. Ajrekar, Poona ; Mr. R. Du B. Evans, Baghdad , Dr. 0. E. Forsyth, 

 Borjuli, P. O. ; Mr. F. Rutz, Karachi ; Mr. V. P. Vaidya, Bombay ; Dr. 

 F. W. O'Connor, Cachar ; Mr. D. Keiller, Muktesar ; Mr. G. P. Goffi, Muk- 

 tesar; Mr. J. A. Hearsey, Muktesar; Major C. P. Hill, Rangoon; Mr. 

 L. A. Lampard, Quilon ; Mr. L. M. Parlett, Coonoor; Mr. R. 0. Morris, 

 Attika, P. O. ; Mr. R. Barton Johnstone, Mussoorie ; Miss E. E. Smellie, 

 Indore ; Mr. G. W. B. Goodfellow, Ceylon ; Prince A. R. Effendi, Rawal- 

 pindi ; Mr. P. R. C. Williamson, Trichinopoly; Major C. B.Conaghy, I.M.S., 

 Sehore ; Mr. G. C. Stephenson, Europe. 



The following contributions to the Museum were received since the last 

 meeting :— 



Contribution. 



Locality. 



Donor. 



2 Gibbons {Hylobates sp.), 1 

 Crab-eating Mungoose 

 {H. urva), 1 Small Indian 

 Civet {V. malaccensis), I 

 Golden Cat (F. temmin- 

 cki), 1 Leopard Cat {F. 

 bengalensis), 1 Tiger Civet 

 (P. pardicolor), 2 Striped- V 

 necked Weasels {M. stri- 

 gidorsa), 1 Flying Squir- 

 rel (P. sybilla), 2 Small 

 Flying Squirrels {H. al- 

 boniger), 1 Short Tailed 

 Mole {T. micruva), and 

 11 Snakes. 

 3 Spiny Mice {Acomys) alive . . 

 20 Small Mammals 

 120 Mammals, 27 Birds, 1 ■) 

 Snake and 18 Insects.. }■ 



Burma-Y u n n 

 Frontier. 



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2 Pigmy Squirrels {Hylopetes \ 

 belone) and 4 Eggs of V 

 Shikra {A. badius). j 



1 Red-bellied 



erythraeus), 



2 Snakes 



Scorpion. ' 



2 Palm Squirrels {F. palmarum) 



Squirrel ( C. ) 

 4 Bird Skins, ' 

 and 1 Whipf 



P. M. Leonard. 



Bushire . . 

 Mesopotamia 



Shiraz 



San do way 



Garo Hills 

 Madras . . 



Capt. T. M. Lyle. 

 Capt. C. Hobkirk. 



Lt.-Col. Hotson. 



F. C. Purkis. 



A. B. de Castro. 

 Madras Museum. 



