312 JOURNAL. BOMBAY NATURAL, HISTORY SOCIETY, 1890. 

 PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING ON 11TH AUGUST 4890. 



The usual Monthly Meeting of the Members of this Society took place at their 

 Rooms, in Apollo Street, on Monday, the 11th August, Deputy Surgeon-General 

 W. E. Cates, presiding. 



The following new members were elected :— Major E. Buckle, R.A. (Kurrachee) ; 

 Major D. Robertson (Rewa) ; and Lieut. D. J. Peart (Sehore). 



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

 contributions : — 



Contributions during July. 



Contributions. 



Description. 



Contributors. 



1 Young Ostrich 



1 Persian Gazelle 



2 Black Buck's Heads 



1 Great Hornbill 



A number of Snake's Eggs. 



1 Florican — 



1 Panther's Skull 



1 Snake (alive) 



1 Monitor (alive) 



1 Snake (alive) 



Z Toddy Cats (alive) 



1 Tailor-Bird's Nest 



1 Crow's Nest 



2 Snakes (alive) 



1 Monitor (alive) 



4 Snakes 



1 Krait 



1 Tailor-Bird's Nest 



1 Marmot's Skull 



A collection of Moths 



1 Comb Duck (alive) 



1 White Booby 



1 Calculus 



Born in Bombay 



Gazella subgutterosa 



Antelope bezoartica 



Dichoceros birostris 



From Khandeish 



Sypheotides aurita 



Felis pardus 



Tropidonotus stolatus 



Varanus bengalensis 



Ptyas mucosus. 



Paradosurus musanga 



Orthotomus sutorius 



Made of metal 



Tropidonotus stolatus 



Varanus bengalensis 



Halys himalayanus 



Bungarus arcuatus 



Orthotomus sutorius 



Arctomys sp 



From Rutnagiri 



Sarcidiornis nielanonotus 



Sula cyanops 



From a Bullock's Kidney 



Victoria Gardens. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Mr. Wm. Rodgers. 

 Capt. A. Gwyn. 

 Mr. J. M. Coode. 

 Mr. B. "W. Blood. 



Do. 

 Mr. T. H. Jolly. 

 Mr. J. Wright. 

 Mr. B. A. Gupte. 

 Col. Riddell, R.E. 

 Mr. 0. Meyer. 



Do. 

 Col. Hore. 

 Mr. W. O Mosse. 

 Mrs. G. Hepworth. 

 Major Buckle, R. A. 

 Mr. E. A. Bulkley. 

 Col. H L. Nutt. 

 Mr. C. M. Stuart. 

 Mr. F. Gleadow. 



Minor contributions were also acknowledged from Mr. Robt. Wroughton, Mr. A. C. 

 Walker, Mr. George Ormiston, Mr. J. Stiven, and Mr. B. W. Blood. 



Contributions to the Library. 



Proceedings of the Linnaen Society of N. S. Wales, Vol. V., Part I., in exchange. 

 The Indian Forester, No. 7, in exchange. Verhandlnngen der Naturforschenden 

 Gesellschaft in Basel, Vol. 8, in exchange. Transactions of the New Zealand Insti- 

 tute, for 1889, in exchange. Catalogue of Ants in the British Museum (F. Smith) 

 from Mr. G. A. J. Rothney, Oriental Hymenoptera, Part II. (P. Cameron), from 

 Mr. G. A. J. Rothney. Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria, in exchange. 



