504 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, 1891, 



giving a description of the plant, and quoting many cases in -which tha antidote had 

 been administered with success. Dr. Dymock stated that the roots of the plant had 

 been examined by Dr. Warden, the well-known Professor of Chemistry, at the Cal- 

 cutta Medical College, and that the most interesting principle detected in the root 

 was an alkaloid which D2\ Warden proposed to call Pogostemonine. He had also detect. 

 ed the presence of Trimethylamine, and a volatile principle with a cedarwood odour. 

 Eesiuous principles were also present, with astringent matter. The constituents of 

 the plant, which should be used in any future experiments, are the alkaloid Pogoste- 

 monine and Trimethylamine, the amount of tannic matters present being insufficient 

 to account for any remarkable styptic properties. 

 (The paper will be found on page 450.) 



NIDIFTCATION IN KANARA. 



The next paper read was by Mr. J. Davidson, of the Bombay Civil Service, con- 

 taining some important notes on the nesting of birds in Kanara. 



MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



The following miscellaneous notes received from the undermentioned members 

 were also read : — 



Snipe shooting in the neighbourhood of Secunderabad, by W. Gaye. 



Taming a Heron, by Lieut-Col. W. S. Hore. 



Memory versus Reason in Cats, by Col. Kenneth Mackenzie. 



The Breeding of Snakes, by H. S. Ferguson. 



How the Ghorpad defends itself, by Geo. Wasey. 



LIST OF BOOKS* 



IN THE POSSESSION OF 



The Bombay Natural History Society, on 31st December, 1891. 



MAMMALIA. Books. 



Histoire Naturelle des Mammiferes, (Oervais) 1 



Mammalia of India, (Jerdon) ,* 1 



Natural History, Mammalia, (Wood) 1 



The Anatomy of Vertebrates, Mammals, (Oiven) , , 1 



Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta, Parts I., II 2 



The Amphibious Carnivora and Herbivorous Cetacea, (Hamilton) 1 



History of Mammalia, Vols. 1-6 6 



Wild Animals, (Notts) 1 



Mammalia of India and Ceylon, (Sterndale) , 2 copies 2 



DenizenB of the Jungle, (Sterndale) 1 



Game and Wild Animals of South Africa, (Harris) 1 



Fauna of British India, Mammalia, (Blanford), Parts I.-II., (2 copies) 4 



Carried forward 22 



* Additions to the Society's Library are much needed. 



