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



Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 



Vol. X, Part 3 In Exchange. 



Directions for Collecting and Rearing Dragon Flies (Smithsonian 



Institution) • Do. 



Directions for preparing study specimens cf small mammals Do. 



Directions for collecting Minerals... *. Do. 



Directions for collecting Rocks and for the preparation of -thin 



Sections • Do. 



Viertelijahrsschrift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Zurich Do. 



Land and Fresh-water Mollusca from Siam, by Dr. W. T Blandford, ) Presented by 

 F.R.S -. J the Author. 



Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1902 In Exchange. 



c ,. rr -i • tt i t o 4- i i The Colombo 



Spoha Zeilamca, Vol. I, Part 1 j Museum. 



A List of the Birds of Lucknow, Part I to IV, by Wm. Jesse, M.A., 



F.Z.S., M.B.O.U The Author. 



Records of the Botanical Survey of India, Vol. II., No. 4 In Exchange. 



{Presented by 

 Maharaja 

 of Mysore. 



Studies in relation to Malaria No. 2. The Structure and Biology of 



Anopheles, by G. F. Nuttall and A. E. Shipley The Author. 



" Animals of No Importance, " by D. Dewar Do. 



Serum reaction of "Bacillus Pestis" in Plague Do. 



Farther observations on the reaction of Bacillus Pestis in Plague Do. 



Enteric Lesions inducted artificially by intoxication with the 



products of Bacillus coli communis and its allies in rabbits and 



rats..... Do. 



On a nutrient fluid suited for perfusion experiments of the heart 



of Rana Tigrina and other allied species in India < Do. 



On some effects of the constituents of Ringer's circulating fluid on 



skeletal muscular contractions in Rana hexadactyla and R. 



Tigrina Do. 



Precipitation in Plague sera by Dr. R. Row, M.D. (London), B.Sc. 



(London) Do. 



EXHIBITS. 



The attention of members present was drawn to the splendid specimen of 

 an Hamadryad now alive in the Museum. This dangerous snake was captured 

 in the Travancore jungles by a member (Mr. Norman Davidson) who forwarded 

 it to the Society. Another notable contribution exhibited was the head of the 

 Arabian Thar (Hemitragus Jayakari) presented by Major P. Z. Cox, F.Z.S., 

 of Muscat, This goat was discovered some ten years ago by a member of the 

 Society, Colonel A. S. Jayakar, after whom it was named, and the head now 

 exhibited is one of the few specimens which have been obtained. Mr. F. 

 Gleadow, I.F.S., also exhibited the skin of a curious animal peculiar to the 

 Island of Mauritius, called the Tanrec or Teurac (Cemtetes ecaudatus). These 

 insectivorous animals are almost tailless. Their food consists principally of 

 earthworms, slugs, snails, etc. They burrow in the soil and are most evident 



