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Col. Bannerman said he had much pleasure in seconding the motion and 

 endorsing what Mr. Macdonald had said. 



The motion was then put to the meeting and carried unanimously. 

 BALUCHISTAN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



The Honorary Secretary said he was glad to be able to record the founda- 

 tion in Quetta of a Natural History Society, the members of which were 

 interesting themselves in the fauna and flora of Baluchistan, a region in 

 which there was great scope for such study, owing to its geographical situation, 

 and the fact that up to now no systematic study had been made of its Na- 

 tural Historv. The new Society owed its foundation to the energy of Sir 

 Henry McMahon, and would be practically a branch of our Society, as the 

 majority of the members either were or would become members of the 

 Bombay Natural History Society, and we should publish in our Journal the 

 results of their labour. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — 



1. Notes on a trip after " Ovis poll," by Col. Sulivan. 



2. Two new Snakes from Assam, by Major F. Wall, I.M.S., C.M.Z.S. 



3. On a new genus and some new species of Aculeate Hymenoptera, 

 by P. Cameron. 



4. Some notes on Wild Dogs and Panthers, by Lt.-Col. F. W. Caton 

 Jones, R.A M.C. 



5. The effect of strychnine poison on Wild Dogs, by D. 0. Witt, I.F.S. 



6. A visit to the South Sentinel Island, by B. B. Osmaston, I.F.S, 



7. Indian Freshwater Shells, by Gordon Dalgliesh. 



8. Notes on Snakes collected in Pyzabad, '.by Major F. Wall, I. M.S., 

 C.M.Z.S. 



9. Breeding of snakes in captivity, by Col. W. B. Bannerman, I.M.8. 



PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING- HELD ON 5TH SEPTEMBER 1907. 



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

 place at the Society's Rooms on 5th September 1907, Mr. James Macdonald 

 presiding. 



The election of the following 17 new members since the last meeting was 

 duly announced : — 



Lt.-Col. R. P. Cclomb (Buldana) ; Khan Bahadur Nawab Mahomed Sala- 

 mullah Khan (Buldana); Major R. C. Macwatt, I.MS. (Jodhpur) ; Mr. H. 

 L. Kemball ('Mount Abu) ; Mr J. C. Faunthorpe, I.C.S. (Kheri) ; Mr. E. A. 

 Courthope, I.F S. (Dehra Dun) ; Mr. A. de C. Rennick (Naupore, C. P.) ; Mr. 

 J. W. Lonadale (Madras); Mr. G. R. Webb (Parel, Bombay); Capt. E. B. 

 Fredericks (Secunderabad, Deccan) ; The Principal, Berhampur College, 

 Berhampur (Bengal) ; Mr. A. G. Ronald (Madras) ; Capt. R. B. Skinner, R. E. 

 (Peshawar) ; Mr. C. C. D'Albedyhll (Hyderabad, Sind) ; Mr. J. H. McNeale, 

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