PROCEEDINGS. 



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Mr. E. M. Slater, I he Honorary Treasurer, then acknowledged the following contribu. 

 : i©ns to the Society's Museum : — 



Contributions during September. 



Contributions. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



1 Snake 



1 Bear (alive) 



A quantity of Snakes and 

 lusects. 



1 Tree-shrew 



1 Butterfly 



1 Snake (alive) 



A quantity of Locusts 



1 Panther's Skull 



1 Oyster Catcher 



2 Snakes 



1 Krait (Albino) 



2 Snakes 



1 Chameleon (alive) 



1 Trap-door Spiders' Nest. 



Several Guinea Worms 

 (alive). 

 1 Golden Plover 



1 Little Stint 



2 Small Terns 



Several large Moths 



1 Nest of Common Honey- 

 sucker. 

 1 Snake 



1 Large Krait 



2 Snakes 



A quantity of Marine 



Shells. Fishes, &c', 

 2 Bar-tailed God wits 



I Blackbird, alive (Albino) 

 1 Octopus 



Trimeresurus trigonocepha- 

 ly. 



Ursus labiatus 



From Travancore 



Tupaia elliotti. 



Hestia haydeni (from Upper 



Burmah). 

 Lycodon auKcns (from 



Dhond). 

 From Ahmedabad District .. 



Felis pardus 



Hcematopus ostralegus 



Daboia elegans and Ptyas 



mucosus . 



Bungarus arctuatus 



Silybura macrolepis 



Chameleo vulgaris 



From Igatpuri 



Dracuneulas sp 



Charadries fulvus 



Tringa minuta 



From Kennery Lighthouse . 



From Almora, N.-W.P 



Do. 



Gongylophis conicus 



Bungarus arctuatus 



Zamenis diadema and Dip- 

 sas gokool. 

 From Alibag 



Limosa laponioa (from 

 Alibag). 



From Japan 



Do. 



Mr. E. EI. Aitken. 



Dr. Herbert. 



Mr. W. Mahon Daly. 



Do. 



Mr. C. F. Gilbert. 



Anonymous. 



Mr. H. E. M. James, C.S. 

 Capt. F. J. Winter. 

 Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S. 

 Mr. C. E. Kane. 



Mr. L. H. Butcher. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Dr. C. Maliins. 



Mr. W. W. Squire. 

 Do. 

 Do. 



Miss Brooke, 

 Do. 



Mr. R. A. Willis. 

 Mr. P. Morris. 

 Colonel Hore. 



Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S. 



Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S. 



Qipfc. Nantes. 

 Do. 



Minor Contributions. 

 From Mr. W. F. Hamilton ; Mr. Kaikobad C. D. Adenwalla ; Mr. E. H.Elsworthy ; 

 Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S. ; and Mr. J. R. Chico. 



Contributions to the Library, 



Presentedby. 



Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 1839 In exchange. 



List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected in Cachar by Mr. Wood- 

 Mason, Part II." Rhopalocera, " by J. Wood-Mason and L. De Niceville. The Authors. 



Records of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. XXII., Part 3 , In exchange. 



Manual of New Zealand Coleoptera Do. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol.1 Do. 



Present to the BRiTis-n Museum. 

 The Honorary Treasurer stated that the committee hail received a letter from 

 Dr. Gunther, of the British Museum, acknowled ng safe receipt of the skeleton skin, 



