PROCEEDINGS. 



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Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



Minor Contributions from 



Mr. J. W. Mayer, Mr. J. A. Bethnm. Miss F. Bapty, Mr. E. A. Corke, Mr. IT. M. 

 Hewett, Miss Bessie Rean, Mr. Dattatraya Bhau and Mr. J. Janni. 



CONTltlBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Fauna of British India— Fishes ; by E. T. Blardford, Vol. II. (Day' 1 , presented by 

 the author. 



Report on the Kolar Goldfield ; by P. Bosworth Smith, F.G.S., presented by the 

 author. 



The Indian Forester, July 1889, in exchange. 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South "Wales, Vol. IV., part 2, in 

 exchange. 



Memoires de la Societe Zoologiqne de France, Vol. II., part 1, in exchange. 



Bulletin and Annual Eepoit of the American Museum of Natural History in 

 exchange. 



Annual Report of the Secretary for Mines, Victoria, in exchange. 



Report of the Mining Registrars on the Gold Fields of Victoria, in exchange. 



A special vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Frank Eailey of London and Mr. A. 

 Gilmour of Melbourne for their valuable contributions to the Society's Museum. 



The Honorary Secretary drew attention to the learned paper which Mr. L. de 

 Niceville, of Calcutta, had written for the Society's Journal, describing a number of 

 new and rare Indian butterflies. The paper would, he said, very shortly be published 

 in part 3 of the Journal. The coloured lithographed plates (containing illustrations 

 of twenty-one butterflies), which had been received from West, Newman & Co., of 

 London, for the above paper, were greatly admired. 



Amongst the contributions above acknowledged was a pair of chetul's horns, received 

 from Mr. H. A. Heath, of Bassim, Berars, which excited much interest. The stags, 

 while fighting, had in some extraordinary manner so interlocked their antlers that 

 they had found it impossible to separate them, and consequently must have died from 

 starvation, or have been eaten by wild beasts. 



Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S., then read a short paper, entitled "Down the Coast," 

 describing, in a very clear and interesting manner, the character of the scenery on 

 the sea coast, south of Bombay, between Alibag and Janjira. The lecturer gave a 

 lively account of the principal objects of Natural History likely to be met with during 

 the trip, and illustrated his remarks with various specimens of birds, fish, &c., from 

 the Society's collections. 

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