PROCEEDINGS. 



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Minor Contributions from 

 Mr. A. Abercrombie, Mr. W. E.^Hart, Miss Keller, Captain J. F. C. Thatcher, Mr. 

 J. W. Brown, Mr. H. W. Uloth, Mr. W. W. Squire, and Mr. A. McLaren. 



Exhibits. 

 A curiously deformed sambhur horn, picked up near Baroda, by Mr. H. Littledale. 

 A cutaneous horn grown on a camel's head, by Mr. W. Home, of Jodhpore. 

 A water-coloured drawing of camels (the Society's Prize Picture at the late Art 

 Exhibition), by Mrs. Scott. 



Contributions to the Library. 



Name. Presented by 



Zoology of Victoria, Decades I. to XVII Dr. Kirtikar, 



Geological Survey of Victoria Reports Do. 



Manual of New Zealand : Coleoptera. Parts II. to IV Do. 



Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca Do. 



Manual of the Birds of New Zealand Do. 



Manual of the Fishes of New Zealand Do. 



Catalogue of the Moths of India (Swinhoe and Cotes) From Government. 



Report of the Geological Survey of India, No. XX1L, Part 2 



Catalogue of Manthodea Mr. J. Wood-Mason. 



The Society's Journal. 

 The Honorary Secretary said that the first two numbers of tire Society's Journal 

 were in the Press, but that their publication had been delayed owing to the non- 

 receipt of the coloured lithographed plates from Messrs. Mintern Bros., London. 



Mango Weevils. 

 The Honorary Secretary stated that if any of the members wished for further in- 

 formation respecting the small beetles (Cryptorhynchus mangiferce) found in mango 

 stones, regarding which several letters had appeared in the newspapers, they would 

 find a full account of the insect in Mr. Simmons' pamphlet in the Society's Library. 



Proposed Zoological Garden. 

 Mr. H. M. Phipson reminded those present that twelve months had now elapsed 

 since the Bombay Natural History Society had offered to start a zoological garden, 

 provided a suitable site could be obtained. The sum of Rs. 55,000 had been sub- 

 scribed in a very short time amongst the members and their friends, but the scheme 

 fell through, owing to the refusal of Government to give the Society the use of the 

 required site. The only satisfaction now left to the Society was that their action 

 had drawn public attention to the importance of the subject, and the result was that 

 the Bombay Municipality had sanctioned the Commissioner's proposal to improve 



