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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 5th 

 FEBRUARY 1903. 



A meeting of the members of the Bombay Natural History Society was 

 held at the Society's rooms on Thursday last, the 5th February 1903 ; the 

 Venerable Archdeacon Scott presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members was announced : — 



Mr. fl. C. Nangle (Rangoon) ; Lieutenant A. Willoek, R.T.M. (Bombay) ; 

 Mr. St. G.de Carteret (Partabgarh, Oudh) ; Mr. P. J. Fitz Gibbon (Bel- 

 gaum) ; The Hon'ble Syed Hoosein Belgrami, Nawab Imud-ul-Mulk Baha- 

 door, B.A. (Hyderabad, Deccan) ; Mr. A. D. St. C. Barr (Amraoti, Berars) ; 

 Mr. T. J. Metcalfe (Rangoon) ; Lieutenant J. W. Parrington, R.A. ^Karachi); 

 Mr. J. Scott, M.I.C.E. (Calcutta) ; Mr. G. Richards, P.W.D. (Rangoon) ; Mr. 

 J. McKenna, C.S. (Bassein, Burma) ; Mr. J. A Chapman (Bassein, Burma) ; 

 Major C. T. Robinson, R.F.A. (Mhow, C.I.) ; Major S. D. Browne, R.H.A. 

 (Mhow, C.I.) ; Dr. Nassarvanjee Fakirjee Surveyor, M.D. (Bombay) ; Captain 

 P. C. Gabbett, I.M.S. (Coonoor) ; and Mr. Samuel Joyce (Bombay). 



The Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. S. Millard, asked members to try and 

 induce others to join the Society, as the more members they could obtain, 

 the better would be the position of the funds of the Society, and more 

 money could be spent in improving the Journal. 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 The Honorary Secretary acknowledged receipt of the following contribu- 

 tions since the last meeting :• — • 



CONTRIBUTION TO THE MUSEUM. 



Contributions. 



Description. 



Contributors. 



Some specimens of Fishes 



from the Persian Gulf. 

 1 Indian Pangolin or Scaly 



Ant Eater* (.alive). 

 1 Skin of the Indian Chev 



retain or Mouse Deer. 

 1 Skin of the Cotton Teal .. 

 1 Skin of the Great crested 



Grebe. 

 ThreeStone Implements from 



the Madias Presidency 

 1 Skin of the Eastern Little 



Stint. 



1 Skin of the Little Ringed 



Plover. 



2 Skins of the Bengal Bush 



Lark. 



1 Skin of the Indian Pipit.. 

 1 Skin of the Eastern Baya 

 1 Skin of the Striated 



Weaver Bird. 



Manis pentadactyla. 

 Tragulus merMnna . 



Nettapus coromandelianus. 

 Podicepes rristatus 



Mr. F. W. Townsend. 



Mr. A. H. A. Simcox, I.C.3. 



Mr. R. E. S. Branson. 



Lt. J. W. Parrington, R.A. 

 Mr. H.Bulkley. 



Mr. H. Seton Karr, M.P. 



Tringa ruficollis . 

 JEgialitis dubia 

 Mirafra assamiea. 



Jnthns rnfulus 



Ploceus megarhynehiis 

 Ploceus manyar 



>Capt. H. H. Harrington. 



• Forwarded to the Victoria Gardens. 



