428 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891. 



The Destructive Insects of Victoria (French). From Anthor. 



The Victorian Naturalist (June to August, 1891). In exchange. 



Transactions of the New Zealand Institute. In exchange. 



The Classification of Birds (Bowdler Sharpe). From Author. 



Hesperiidse Indicas (E. Y. Watson). From Anthor. 



The Indian Forester (August, 1891). In exchange. 



Verhaudlung der Zoologisch botanischen Gesellschaft in Wein. In exchange. 



l'asteur System of protective Vaccination for Anthrax (G. J. S. Rayment). From 

 the Author. 



A VALUABLE PRESENT DECLINED. 



The Honorary Secretary read a letter from Colonel H. L. Nutt, the Political Agent 

 at Savant Vadi, offering to present, through the Society, a full-grown young male 

 tiger to the Victoria Gardens. The Honorary Secretary stated that he had, after 

 consulting the Municipal Commissioner, written to Colonel Nutt, with much reluc- 

 tance, declining his valuable present, as there is no suitable accommodation for the 

 animal at the Gardens. Mr. Phipson added that the recent improvements which had 

 been made in the way of cages at the Victoria Gardens were principally due to the 

 liberality of the Bombay Tramway Company, H. H. the Thakore of Bhownuggur, and 

 Sir Dinshaw Maueckjee Petit ; but he trusted that before long the Municipality would 

 take steps to improve its zoological collections in this respect out of its own re- 

 sources. Another member of the Society had a short time ago offered to obtain a 

 pair of Kattywar lions for the Bombay Zoo, but this offer had also to be declined for 

 the same reason. 



ON ABNORMAL HORNS. 

 The Honorary Secretary read an interesting paper received from Mr. A. W. Morris, 

 of Bangalore, entitled " On Abnormal Horns of the Indian Antelope, with some remarks 

 on their probable causes," 



A NEW SPECIES OF PALM CIVET. 

 The next paper read at the meeting was from Mr. James Taylor, of Orissa, contain- 

 ing a description of a new species of Palm Civet (Paradoxurus) found by him, which 

 he proposed to name Paradoxurus nictitatans from the fact that the nictitating mem- 

 brane (or third eyelid) is, in this species, most perfectly developed and constantly 

 made use of. The Honorary Secretary stated that a sketch of the animal received 

 from Mr. Taylor had been forwarded to Messrs. Mintern Brothers, London, in order 

 that an illustration may accompany the publication of the paper. 



THE MAMMALIA OF SOMALI LAND. 



Mr. J. D. Inverarity read the first part of a most interesting paper on the Mammalia 

 of Somali Land, containing a graphic anl detailed description of all the animals 

 which he had met with during his two sporting tours in that country. The remain" 

 ing portion of the paper will be read at the next meeting, and the whole will then 

 be published, with numerous photographs, in the Society's Journal. 



Mr. Hart, while proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Inverarity, stated that the paper 

 ■was, in his opinion, an exceedingly valuable one, as it contained information, record- 

 ed by an accurate observer, respecting several animals about which very little had 

 been written. 



