PROCEEDINGS. 



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in the warm season. They are greatly prized as food by the Malay Creoles who 



organize poaching parties to catch them on moonlight nights digging them up 



out of their holes. 



PAPERS READ. 



Papers on the following subjects were read : — Kills by Carnivorous Animals, 



by W. A. Wallinger, I.F.S. ; Notes on Anopheles in Ceylon, by Major N. 



Manders, R.A.M.C, F.E.S. ; The Trees and Shrubs of the Lonaula and Karla 



Groves, by Prof. G. A. Gammie, F.L.S. ; The Enemies of Butterflies, by Major 



C. G. Nurse, F.E.S. ; and Curious accident to a Kingfisher, by E. C. Chol- 



mondeley. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 24th 



SEPTEMBER 1903. 



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



at the Society's Rooms on Thursday, the 24th September 1903 ; Mr. R. C. 



Wroughton presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. S. Millard, mentioned that during this year 

 142 new members had joined the Society, but more were still required, and it 

 was hoped that members would still continue to try and induce others to join. 



The election of the following new members was announced : — Mr. T. Malcolm 

 (Behrampur) ; Capt. E. A. Fagan (Alwar) ; Mr. R. H. Brooke (Bombay) ; Mr. 

 F. Sikes (Badulla, Ceylon) ; Capt. W. Lethbridge, I.M.S. (Muscat) ; Mr. G. 

 Wapshare (Ootacamund) ; Surgeon-General G. W. R. Hay, I M.S. (Ootaca- 

 mund) ; Mr. L. K. Martin (Buldana, Berars) ; Mr. G. B. de Mowbray (Maskeliya, 

 Ceylon) ; Mr. C. P. Hodgson (Ootacamund) ; Captain C. Swan (Ootacamund) ; 

 Sir Frederick Price (Ootacamund) ; Mr. C. Mullaly, I.C.S. (Ootacamund) ; 

 Major F. Vans Agnew, R. A. (Wellington, Nilgiris) ; Captain N. S. Coghill, 

 I.A. (Radhanpore, Gujerat) ; Mr. J. C. Hopwood (Kyauksee, Upper Burma) ; 

 Mr. W. S. Burke (Calcutta) ; Mr. H. P. W. Macnaghten (Bombay) ; Captain 

 E. G. W. Pratt (Bombay) ; Captain D. C. Kemp, I.M.S. (Cuddalore, South 

 Arcot, Madras) ; Mr. J. H. Ivens (Mussoorie) ; Honorary Secretary, R. A. Mess, 

 Roorkee (Roorkee) ; Mr. W. A. Hertz (Myitkyina, Upper Burma) ; Major W. 

 B. Bannerman, I.M.S. (Bombay) ; Mr. B. V. Kelly (Baumauk, Katha, Upper 

 Burma) ; Major A. F. Mackenzie, M.V.O. (93rd Highlanders, Calcutta) ; and 

 Captain E. W. Harris (Vizianagram). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



The Honorary Secretary acknowledged receipt of the following contributions 

 since the last meeting : — 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



1 Snake (alive) 



1 Skin of the Turkestan 



Grasshopper-Warbler. 



2 Skins of the Brown Rock 



Pipit. 



Trnpidonotus platyceps 

 Locvstella straminea 



Anthvg similig 



Mr. H. Vernon Purkis. 

 Major A. Newnham. 



Do. 



