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NATURAL HISTORY. 



NOTE. 



It will be seen that in the Society's collection there are no specimens of the 

 genera belonging to the following families : — 

 Fam. II.— TORTRICID^E (Short tailed Earth Snakes). 

 „ VII.— XENO PELT ID^E (Iridescent Earth Snakes). 

 X.— AMBLYCEPHALIDiE (Blunt-headed Snakes). 

 XIV.— DENDROPHID^] (Tree Snakes). 

 XVIL— PSAMMOPfllD^ (Desert Snakes). 

 Up-country members who are willing to assist the Collection, can have 

 jars, containing spirits of wine, sent to them on application. 



H. M. PHIPSON, 

 Honorary Secretary, 

 Reptilk Section. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY DURING 

 THE QUARTER. 



The usual monthly meeting of this Society was held on Tuesday evening, 

 5th January, in the rooms at 6, Apollo Street. There wan a large attendance 

 of members. Dr. Macdonald having taken the chair, the minutes of the last 

 meeting were read. 



The following new members were then elected :— Lieutenant-Colonel Row- 

 landson, Captain Gerald Martin, Captain E, F. Marriott, Surgeon Horace 

 Yeld, Miss E. Rich, Khansaheb Dinshahjee Dosabhai Khambatta, Rao 

 Bahadoor Ragoonath Mahadev Kelkar, the Rev. Mr. Alexander, Messrs. 

 W. M. Macaulay, A. C. Parmenides, Anthony Morrison, H. W. Jones and 

 W. W. Squire. 



The additions made to the Society's collections since last meeting were 

 reported, as detailed below. 



The Secretary reported that His Excellency Lord Reay had accepted the 

 office of President of the Society. He also reported that he had been very 

 successful at the auction of books mentioned at last meeting, having secured 

 13 separate works on Natural History, most of them rare and of great value. 



