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PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — J. " Fleas and the 

 Plague," by Captain W. G-. Liston, I.M.S., illustrated by a number of enlarged 

 sketches, tables of experiments and microscopical specimens shewing the 

 human flea, the rat flea and a transverse section of a flea, containing the 

 plague germs. 2. "Size of Remarkable Trees,'' by G. Marshall Woodrow. 

 3. " Food of Centipedes," by W. P. Okeden. 4. " Note on the breeding 

 of certain Herons, etc., in Southern India," by Captain H. N. Packard, K.A. 

 5. " The Common Snakes of Bombay," by the Revd. F. Dreckmann, S.J., 

 and W. S. Millard, which was illustrated by some excellent sketches made by 

 Mr. P. Grerhardt showing the distinguishing features between poisonous 

 and harmless snakes in which some similarity exists in colour, markings and 

 general appearance. 



Most of the papers will appear in full in the Society's Journal 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 16th APRIL 1903. 



The monthly meeting of the members of the Bombay Natural History 

 Society was held at the Society's Rooms on Thursday, the 16th April 1903 ; 

 Mr. J. Sanders Slater presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. S. Millard, said it was gratifying to 

 observe how members had responded to the appeal to obtain new members, 

 and he was glad to announce that since the commencement of the year 

 seventy-three new members had been elected. The committee sincerely hoped 

 that members would not slacken their efforts, as it was desirable to obtain as 

 many members as possible, and thus enable the Society to spend more money 

 on the journal, especially as the coloured illustrations of Indian Ducks which 

 are so much appreciated are so very expensive. 



The election of the following new members was announced : — Lieutenant 

 J. P. Stockley (Kberwara) ; Mr. R. Galloway (Sscunderabad) ; Mr. A. H. Bell 

 (Sirsa, Punjab) ; Mr. R. B. McCorinack (Ghansur, Seoni Chappara) ; Mr. H. 

 H. Hayden (Calcutta) ; Lieutenant C. T. Simcox (Lucknow) ; Mr. D. L. 

 McCarrison (Koraput) ; Mr. W. Moore, F.J.C. (Dibrugarh, Assam) ; Mr. N. S. 

 Mondy (Dibrugarh, Assam) ; Dr. Manilal G. Desai (Kaira) ; Major F. R. 

 Ozzard, I. M.S. (Tongshan, N. China) ; Lieutenant F. Stanley Clarke (Tong- 

 shan, N. China) ; Mr. L. O. Clark, I.C.S. (Lushai Hills, Aijal, Assam) ; Lieu- 

 tenant L. L. G. Thorpe, R.A.M.C. (Colaba) ; Colonel A. E. Ward (Kashmir) ; 

 Mr. W.H. L.Cabell, B. A., I.C.S. (Rangoon): Dr. R. Row, M.D. (London), 

 (Bombay); Major J. Manners Smith, V.C., C.I.E. (Neemuch, C.I.) ; Mrs. L. 

 Dalrymple-Hay (Nellore, Madras) ; Mr. W. Raby Noble (Behali, P. 0. Assam); 

 Mr. A. J. R. Hope (Myitkyins, L T . Burma) ; Mr. K. Bernhardt (Karachi) ; 

 Eientenant W. F. Maxwell, R.E. (Aden) ; Captain C. Hodgkinson (Lucknow) 

 and Mr. W. J. F. Williamson (Bangkok). 



