PROCEEDINGS. 



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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Mr. H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, acknowledged receipt of tlit? 

 following contributions to the Society's collections : — 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



TickelPs Flower Pecker.. 



Panther (alive) 



Eel (alive) 



Whooper Swan 



Avocet 



Snake (alive) 



1 Crested Hawk Eagle 



A number of Mochs and 



other InBects. 

 Skull of a Bear 



2 Himalayan Nutcrackers.... 

 1 Black aadYellowGrosbeab. 



A number of Shells 



1 Screech-Owl (alive) 



Biccenm erythrorhyncus 



Felis parting , , 



Mnraena undulata .... 

 Cygnus Musicus.. ...... . 



Recurvirostra avoeetta 

 Acrocltordus javamcus. 



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Spizaetus cirrhatus. 



Melursus ur sinus 



Niicifraga hemispila 



Hesperlphona ictorioides. 



Strixjtammea. 



Mr. G. M. Ryan, I.F.S. 

 Capt. B. H. Metge. 

 Mr. E. H. Young, C.E. 

 Mr. J. Crerar, I.C.S. 

 Mr. J. Wallace, C.E. 

 The Hon. R. A. Forbes- 



Sempill. 

 Mr. C. E. C FiBcher, I.F.S. 

 Do. 



Do. 



General W. Osborn. 



Do. 

 Mr. J. Watson. 

 Mrs. Nelson. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



The Indian Field Shikar Book, by W. S. Burke, from the Author. 



The Coceida? of Ceylon, by E. Ernest Green, Part III, from the Author. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were read and discussed: — 1. On the Protective 

 Colouration of Birds' Eggs, by H. P. W. Macnaghten, B.A. 2. Birds' Nesting in 

 the Neighbourhood of Poona, by Major R. M. Betham. 3. The Nesting of the 

 Hornbills and other Notes, by Lieut.-General W. Osborn. 4. Tiger versus Bear 

 and other Notes, by Captain W. H. Lane. 5. The Food of the Common Kraft, 

 by Captain F. Wall, I.M.S. 6. Occurrence of the Whooper Swan in Sind, by 

 J. Crerar, I.C.S. 



EXHIBITS. 



Mr. E. L. Barton exhibited a number of specimens of boars' heads, bears, 

 chital, &c, which he had mounted, and a vote of thanks was passed to him for 

 the work he had done for the Society during the last twenty years. 



