BALUCHISTAN NAT. HIST. SOC. PROCEEDINGS. 709 



to the Hon'ble the Agent to the Governor-General officially for 2 copies of 

 Dr. Moore's work entitled " Lepidoptera Indica." 



Read list of donations made to the Museum since the last meeting, Sir 

 Henry remarking that the Smew included therein formed one of a large flock 

 seen by his party on the Khushdil Khan Band. 



Resolved that the list be recorded. 



Sir Henry then exhibited a new pair of Markhor horns obtained on Takatu. 

 and remarked that it appeared to be a cross between a Markhor and a domestic 

 goat. 



Major G-oodwin, however, thought otherwise, and pointed out that the horns 

 of domestic goats twisted inwardly, while those of the Markhor exhibited the 

 opposite turn. He also exhibited a drawing of the horns of both Markhor 

 and goat in support of his statement, which would tend to set at rest the point 

 in doubt. 



Major Goodwin further exhibited two pairs of Markhor horns which had 

 been found by him interlocked on Zarghun ; also a photo of these horns taken 

 by him at the time on the spot. 



The animals, to whom they had belonged, had evidently got their horns 

 interlocked while fighting, and had thus starved to death. The interesting 

 point about these two pairs was the fact that each pair differed greatly in 

 curve showing how the shape of Markhor horns varied even on the same hill. 



Another pair of horns obtained on Takatu was exhibited by Sir Henry 

 McMahon, who drew attention to the fact that it was of the Pir Panjal variety 

 and not the Suleman variety. 



PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING HELD ON THURSDAY, THE 



26th MARCH 1908. 



The Honorary Secretary placed before the meeting sixteen volumes of the 

 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, which had. been kindly pre- 

 sented by that Society to the Baluchistan Natural History Society. He also 

 reported that he had acknowledged the receipt of the books, and had thanked 

 the Bombay Natural History Society for their valuable gift. 



The Honorary Secretary then placed before the meeting a long list of the 

 Zoological specimens donated to the Quetta Museum since the last meeting, and 

 reminded the members that April would afford them a good opportunity of 

 securing specimens of birds not hitherto reported from Baluchistan, as many 

 non-resident birds would then pass through the country on migration. 

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