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BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Proceedings of the Meeting held on 10th July 1889. 



The usual monthly meeting of this Society took place on Wednesday, the 10th July 

 1889, and was very largely attended, about 80 members being present. Dr. G. A. 

 Maconachie presided. 



The following gentlemen were elected members of the Society : — Lieut. R P. 

 Monk, Mr. V. B. F. Bayley, Miss Macdonald, M.D., Mr. George K. Wasey, Mr. H. C. 

 Wright,.Mr. H. M. Gibbs, Capt. G. M. Porter, R.E., Mr. T. E. Lovell, Lieut. W. S. 

 Mangles, Mr. lluttonji T. Furdunji Parak, Mr. Anthony P. Menezes, Capt. G. E. 

 Hyde-Cates, Mr. I. O'Callaghan. 



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

 tributions to the Society's Museum : — 



CONTRIBUTIONS DURING MAY AND JUNE. 



Contributions. 



1 Chameleon (alive) 



1 Common Kangaroo .. 



2 Red Kangaroos 



1 Duck-billed Platypus 



1 Vampire Bat 



1 Ring-tailed Opossum 



2 Sooty Kangaroos 



1 Victorian Wombat ... 



1 Porcupine Ant Eater 



123 Stuffed Birds 



99 Beetles 



3 Whydah Birds (alive) 

 A number of Waxbills 



(alive) 



4 Robber Crabs (alive) ... 

 4 Young Turtles (alive) ... 



2 Coral Sponges 



3 Chameleons (alive) 



A quantity of Bats 



A Black Bear (alive) .... 



1 Crow's Nest 



Cr:il>s from the Orissa Coast. 

 10 Young Crocodiles (alive) 

 A number of Crocodiles' 



Eggs. 



1 Snake 



1 Kingfisher 



1 Pied Cuckoo 



1 Y^oung Crocodile 



3 Bird-Eating Spiders .. 

 1 Tree Snake (alive) .... 

 1 Panther Cub (alive).... 



1 Young Crocodile 



I Chameleon (alive) 



A quantity of Insects .... 

 1 Coppersmith's Nest .... 

 1 Chameleon (alive) .... 



Description. 



1 Sea Snake (alive) 

 1 Snake 



Chameleo vulgaris 



Macropus major 



Osphranter ruf us 



Ornithorbynchus para 

 doxurus. 



Ptetopus poliocephalus 



Phalangista viverina 



Macropus fuliginosus 



Phascolomys platyrhinus .. 



Echidna hy strix 



Australian 



Australian 



Embrezia paradisea 



From Mozambique 



Birgus latro 



Chelonia virgata 



Carteris-spongia lammelosa, 



Chameleo vulgaris 



From Car war 



Ursus labiatus 



Made of Telegraph Wire .. 



Hippa asiatica 



Crocodilus palustris 



Dipsas ceylonensis 



Alcedo bengalensis 



Coccystes jacobinus 



Crocodilus palustris 



Mygale sp. 



Passerita mycterizans 



Felis pardus 



From Asirgurh 



From Aden • 



From Raipore, C. P 



Xantholoema hoemacephala 

 Chameleo vulgaris 



Pelamis bicolor 



Ptyas mucosus 



Contributor. 



Mrs. Aston. 

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By exchange, thro' Dr. 

 Kirtikar, with the Mel- 

 borne Museum. 



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Mrs. Skinner. 

 Do. 



Mr. H. W. Searle. 



Do. 

 Capt. Carpenter, R.N. 

 Capt. G. E. Briggs. 

 Mr. E. H. Aitken. 

 Capt. Coleridge. 

 Mr. E. H. Elsworthy. 

 Dr. Alcock. 



Mr. E. C. K. Ollivant, C.S. 

 Do. 



Col. F. W. Major. 

 Mrs. Middletou. 



Do. 

 Mr. Rustomjee normarjee. 

 Rev. J. Mayr, S.J. 

 Rev. F. Dreckmann, S.J. 

 Mr. J. D. Inverarity. 

 Mr, R. H. Light. 

 Dr. Monks. 

 Mr. J. A. Betham. 

 Mr. Charles Douglas. 

 Shrivlal Motiram, Khan 



Sabeb. 

 Mr. A. Abercrombie. 

 Mr. J. Warden. 



