368 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XV. 



PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON 23rd JULY, 1903. 



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

 at the Society's Rooms on 23rd July, 1903, Mr. James Macdonald presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following forty-two new members was announced :• — 



Life Member— Capt. T. M. Foulkes, I.M.S. (Waltair). Members— H. E. 

 Lady Northcote (Poona) ; Lieut. A. E. Powell, R. E. (Kirkee) ; Capt. A. H. 

 Morris, R.A.M.C. (Bombay); Mr. Chas. W. White, F.R.G.S. (Bombay); 

 Sergeant-Instructor Alex. Steel (Bclarum) ; Capt. C. R. Kelly, R.G.A. (Roorkee); 

 Lieut. W. S. Patton, I.M.S. (Bombay) ; Capt. A. H. Ollivant, R. A. (Jutogh, 

 near Simla) ; Col. H. Hodgkinson (Bombay) ; Mr. H. B. Holme (Bassein, 

 Burma); Capt. C. R. Pearce, I.M.S. (Maymyo, Burma); Capt. A. Mears, 

 I.A. (Bombay) ; Mr. F. W. Strong, I.C.S. (Jorhat, Assam) ; Major F. A. 

 Hoghton (Bellary) ; Mr. A. L. Hine-Haycock (Colombo, Ceylon) ; Hon'ble Mr. 

 W. R. deCourcy (Ahmednagar) ; Mr. T. M. Jones (Rangoon) ; Mr. A. 

 Steheiin (Falam, Chin Hills) ; Mr. H. King Robinson (Darjeeling) ; Mr. C. J„ 

 Davidson (Bangkok, Siam) ; Mr. J. Monteath, I.C.S. (Dharwar) ; Lieut. S. 

 Pershouse (Meiktila, Burma) ; Lieut. E. M. Bosanquet, R A. (Quetta) ; 

 Mr. H. A. Thornton, I.C.S. (Rangoon); Mr. H. Maxwell Lefroy (Surat) ; 

 Mr. W. C. Symes (Bombay) ; Mr C. H. T. Whitehead (Wellington) ; Mr. M L. 

 Oakes (Gonda, U. P.) ; Mr. C. H. 3. Kendall, I.C.S. (Gonda, U. P.) ; Mr. G. C. 

 Verrieres (Fyzabad) ; Mr. E. B. Howell (Nanking, China) ; Mr. C. V. N. Short- 

 land (Jubbulpore) ; Mr. L. Robertson, I.C.S. (Ahmedabad) ; the Hon'ble A. E. 

 Hill-Trevor (Bombay) ; Mr. W. Aitchison, I.F.S. (Waltair) ; Mr. F. E. Coning- 

 ham (Parvatipur) ; Mr. L. B. Stephens (Karachi) ; Major F. C. Muspratt 

 (Shan-hai-kwan, N. China) ; Mr. R. G. McKerron, M.A., I.C.S. (Rangoon) ; 

 Mr. Raymond W. Cooper (Karachi); and Mr. Colin Mackenzie (Ootaca- 

 mund). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



The Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. S. Millard, acknowledged receipt of the fol- 

 lowing contributions since the last meeting : — 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



A number of birds' skins 

 from Chitral. 



1 Jungle Cat 



1 Waved Cat 



1 Tiger Cub (foetal speci- 

 men). 



1 Dhaman, juv (alive) 



Some butterflies trom Lower 



Burma. 



2 S k i n s of White-tailed 

 Bush Chat. 



1 Skin of the Redcapped 



Babbler. 

 1 Snake(alive) 



Felis chaus 



Felix torquuta ... 

 Falls tigris 



Zamenis muco.sus 



Pratincola leucura 



Timelia pileata 



OUgodon subgriseus .... 



Capt. H. Fulton. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Capt. Goring Jones. 



Mr. P. Gerhardt. 

 Mr. E. McDougall. 



Mr. S. L. Whymper. 



Mr. S. L. Whymper. 



Rev. F. Dreckmann, S.J. 



