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PAPERS READ. 



The following papers and notes were read : — 



1. The Flora of Cutch, by Revd. E. Blatter, S. J. 



2. Further notes on the butterflies of the Konkan, by G. W. V. de Rhe 



Philipe. 



3. Crows and their sleeping places, by Revd. T. Bomford. 



4. Flying Snakes, by Major A. Begbie. 



5. Some notes on the low level Laterite in Portuguese India, by H. J 



Davies. 

 The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the various authors 

 of the papers. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 24th SEPTEMBER 1908, 

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



at the Society's Rooms on Thursday, the 24th September 1908, the Hon'ble 



Mr. Justice Macleod presiding. 



The election of the following 41 new members since the last meeting was 



duly announced : — 



Mr. Gordon Hundley (Rangoon) : Mr. M. C. Coote (Dilkhusha, D. P.) : 



The Mess President, 117th Maharattas (Kamptee, C. P. ) ; Mr. F. E. W. 



Venning (Haka, Chin Hills, Burma); Mr. E. O'Nash (Rangoon) ; Mr. H. S. 



Lane (Dharwar) ; Mr. J. P. Mullan (Bombay) ; Mr. W. Tudor Owen, I.C.S. 



(Palitana); Capt. C. D. Duxbury (Mhow, C. I.); Mr. K. Rees ( Chandkhira, 



P. C. Sylhet); Mr. W. M. Logan Home (Nasirabad) ; Mr. David Mercer 



(Bombay); H. H. Maharaja Swai Sawant Sing Bahadur (Bijawar) ; Mr. 



E. Little (Puona) ; Mr. F. G. Gillies (Secunderabad, Deccan); Mr. H. 



G. Chippindall, R. E. (Lahore) ; Mr. D. R. S. Bourke. I.F.S. (Satara) ; 



Mr. A. P. Wilson (Muhamaieh, Persian Gulf ); Mr. Dharamdas Tribhuvandas 



Varjivandas (Bombay); The Mess Secretary, 2"th Cavalry, F. F. (Lahore); Mr. 



R. H. Stallard. R. E. (Barrackpore); Mr. R. M. Adams (Murree, Punjab); 



Mr. E. H. Nicholson (Trimulgherry, Deccan); Mr. A. J. Currie (Lahore) ; Mr. 



J. E. Needham (Bombay); Mr. E. J. Rowlandson (Vellore, N. Arcot); Mr. S. G. 



Pears, I. C. S. (Tochi, Miranshah, N. Waziristan) ; Mr. W. M. F. Pendlebury 



(Secunderabad, Deccan V, Capt. E. Bissel, I. M. S. (Sehore, C. P.); Mr. C. 



D. Gregson (Bangalore) ; Capt. H. D. Peile, I. M. S. (Fatelgarh, U. P.). 



Mr. R. 0. Logan (Dilkhusha, U. P.) ; The Mess President, 122nd Infantry, 



(Ahmedabad) ; Capt. W. K. Evans (Trimulgherry, Deccan) ; Capt. L. E. L. 



Burne (Falam, Chin Hills, Burma) ; Mr. Victor Kinloch (Klang, Federated 



Malay States) ; Mr. P. J. Rust, I. C. S. (Rupa, Umballa District) ; H. H. the 



Maharaja of Patiala (Patiala, Punjab) ; the Conservator of Forests, Mandla 



Division, C. P. (Jubulpore, C. P.): Capt. J. V. Ramsden (Poona) ; and 



Dr. B. K. Goldsmith (Bombay). 



