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NATURAL HISTORY. 



The monthly meeting of this Society was held on Monday, the 6th September 

 1886. Dr. D. MacDonald presiding. 



The following new members were elected :-— Mrs. John Hay Grant, Captain 

 H. G. E. Swayne, R. E., Mr. K. D. Ghandy, and Mr. S. K. Kambata. 



Mr. H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, then acknowledged the following 

 contributions to the Society's collections during the past month : — 



Contribution. 



Contributor. 



A quantity of Butterflies 

 6 Species of Corals 



1 Crocodile's Skull 



Eggs of Monitor 



A quantity of Coralines. 

 1 Snake 



the 



A quantity of Bats 



14 Snakes 



Nest and Eggs of 



White-eyed Tit. 



A quantity of Sponges, 



Coralines, Crustaceans, 



Sea-snakes, Fish, and 



other Marine Animals 



1 Tree-cat , 



1 Crested Hawk-eagle ... 



1 Snake 



22 Birds' Eggs 



1 Markhor's Head 



1 Oorial's Head 



1 Jungle-cat's Skin 



7 Rats , 



18 Lizards 



3 Snakes (alive) , 



6 Rats 



A quantity of Insects.. 

 A quantityofCrustaceans 



1 Lizard 



1 Snake 



A quantity of Fish and 

 Marine specimen?. 



1 Dolphin's Skull 



A quantity of Turtles' 



Eggs. 

 A quantity of Sea-shells 

 1 Porpoise, with 2 young 



ones. 

 1 Sea-turtle (alive) 



From the Punjab 

 From the M e r g u i 

 Archipelago 

 Crocodilus palustris .... 

 Varanus microlepis 



Tropidonotus quincuncia- 

 tus. 



From Oorun 

 From Saugor, C. P. 

 From Poona 



From the Persian Gulf 



Paradoxurus musangi , 



Spilornis cheela 



Lycodon aulicus 



From Ahmedabad 



Capra megaceros 



Ovis cycloceros 



Felis chaus 



From Surat 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do, 

 Eublepharis Hardwickii.. 

 Tropidonotus punctulatue 

 From Alibag 



Major J, W. Yerbury,R,A. 

 Mr. F. J. Daley. 



Do. 

 Do. 

 Do. 

 Mr. F. R. A. Montgomery. 



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E. H Aitken. 



H. E. Bunes. 

 ,, R. C. Wrooghton, 



A beautifully s t u f£ e d 

 specimen of the Duck- 

 billed Platypus. 

 1 Stripe-necked Mongoose 



Delphinus plumbeus 

 From Alibag 



Do. 

 Neomeris kurrachiensis .. 



Covered with Acorn Bar- 

 nacles. 



From Tasmania 



Herpestes vitticollis 



Capt. E. Bishop. 



Mr. J. A. Simpson. 

 „ H. Littledale. 

 Col. Portraan. 

 Capt. F. B. Peile. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Mr. F. Gleadow. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Mr. W. Willard. 

 „ W. F. Sinclair, 0. B. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Mr. E. M. Walton. 



N. S. Symons. 



Minob Contributions. 

 From Mr. C. W. L. Jackson, Captain Becher, Mr. Thomas Lidbetter, 

 Mr. Mitarachi,Mrs. Owen Dunn, Mr. Forrest, Mr. N. V. Mandlik, Major Morse, 

 Mr. H.Bromley, Mr. C. P. Lynch, Mr. H. Wise, and Mr. Krishoarao V- Ranjit. 



