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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 

 5th NOVEMBER 1903. 

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

 at the Society's Rooms on Thursday, the 5th November 1903, Colonel R. H. 

 Light presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members was announced : — Mr. John J. 

 Robinson (Ceylon) ; Mr. S. M. McCausland (Bombay) ; Mr. T. D. Moore 

 (Bombay) ; Mr. E. H. Hart (Parel) ; Mr. H. Wright (Ceylon) ; Mr. G. H. 

 Dempster (Mhow, C.I.) ; Colonel H. B. Thornhill (Simla) ; Lieut.-Colonel 

 J, B. Dodd (Poona) ; Colonel W. Capper (Simla) ; Captain A. S. Begbie 

 (Cawnpore) ; Captain R. B. Graham (Rangoon) ; Mr. A. B. de Souza (Hyder- 

 abad, Sind) ; Mr. C. B. Beadnell (Kanuparte, Ongole District, Madras) ; Dr. 

 R. J. L. Sladan (Igatpuri) ; Mr. Ralph Bagnall (Ootacamund) ; Mr. R. R. 

 Wright (Bombay) ; Mr. F. C. Annesley (Bombay) ; Mr. C. E. Rhenius (Bellary) ; 

 Mr. P. F. S. Creaghe (Kirkee) ; Lieutenant P. Hudson (Rangoon) ; Captain 

 S. de V. A. Julius (Delhi) ; Mr. J. Lee Stewart (Belur, Hassan District, Mysore) ; 

 Major J. H. Christie (Kasauli, Punjab) ; and Mr. E. Marsden (Bombay). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



The Honorary Secretary, Mr. H. M. Phipson, acknowledged receipt of the fol- 

 lowing contributions since last meeting : — 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



1 Barn Owl (alive)* 



1 Snake (alive) juv 



1 Chameleon (alive) ... 



1 Turtle, juv (alive) 



1 Brown Tree Snake (alive). 



1 Painted Snipe 



1 Bengsl Bed Whiskered 

 Bulbul (alive). 



1 Green Tree Snake (alive), 



1 Green Tree Viper (alive), 



1 Dhaman (alive) 



1 Large Centipede (alive)... 



Some land shells from the 

 Garo Hills, Assam. 



1 Snake 



A number of Geological Spe- 

 cimens from Ajmere. 



1 Daboia or BustoH'b Viper 

 (alive), from Goona, C.I. 



Stri* flammed 



Tro pidonotm stolatus 



Chameleon calcaratuz 



Dipsas trigonata 

 Rostratula capensis 

 Otocompsa emeria ... 



Dryophls mycterizans 

 Trimeresurus gramineus 

 Zameivt mucosus 

 Scolopendra gigantea 



Lycodon aiilieus 



Vipera russellii 



.Mr. Narayenji Dwarkadas. 

 .Mr. T. S. Dawson. 

 .'Mr. D, G. Ommaney. 

 Do. 



Mrs. E. T. Davies. 



Mr. N. C. Macleod. 



Mrs. E. B. Raikes. 



Rev. F. Dreckmann, S.J. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Dr. H. Cogill. 

 Mr. Jas. Marten. 



Mr. C. H.Donald. 



Mr. Lalla Har Swarup. 



Capt. S. Capper. 



• Sent to Victoria Gardeus. 



MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS. 

 From Professor O. V. Muller, Mr. R. S. Pearson, Mrs. K.Thomson, Mr. 

 E. C. B. Acworth, Colonel G. M. Porter, R. E., Captain Morphew, R. A. M. C., 

 Mr. J. Brand, and Mr. M. F. Reid, C. I. E. 



