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PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETIXa HELD ON 12th NOVEMBER 1908. 



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

 place at the Society's Rooms on Thursday, 12th November 1908. the Revd. E. 

 Blatter, S. J., presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following 21 new members since the last meeting was 

 duly announced :• — 



Mr. T. R. Lawrence (Bomi)ay) : Mr. A. R. Hunt (Betul. C. P.) : Mr. J. E. 

 Husbands. I.C.S. (Ahmednagar ); Mr. H. W. S. Husbands, A.M.I.C.E. 

 (Jalna) ; Mr, C. Somers-Smith (Seoni. C. P.); Mr. P. T, L. Dodsworth 

 (Simla) ; Mr. C. H. Dracott (Quetta) ; Mr. H. E. Burke, R.A (Bunji, Gilgit.. 

 Kashmir) ; Rev. H. W, Lee Wilson (Poona) ; Mr. R. J. D. Graham (Nagpur, 

 C, P.) ; Mr. Edward A. Rooke (Sugdalpur, Bastar State, C. P.) : Mr. H. C. 

 Jeddere -Fisher (Satara) ; Col. H. Rose (Satara) : Shah Zada Taley Mahomed 

 Khan (Palanpur) ; H. H. Raja Bahadur Bhagvuntsinji of Orchha (Tikumgarh. 

 Bundelkhund): The Principal, Punjab Agricultural College (Lyallpur, Punjab); 

 The Superintendent, Government Horticultural Gardens (Lahore) : Mr. A. 

 Montgomerie, I.C.S. (Satara) ; Capt. W. Walker Browne, RA.M.C. (England) : 

 The Librarian, Nizam's College (Hyderabad, Deccan) ; and Mr. M. H. Simonds 

 (Jacobabad). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



The Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. S. Millard, acknowledged the following 

 contributions to the Museum since the last meeting: — 



Contribution. 



Locality. 



Contributor. 



1 Mottled Volecai {Putorlus sarmaticus) ... 



1 Quetta Vole {Elloiius fuscicapillus) 



2 Ward''s mouse bares yOcliotona wardi) ... 



1 Cashmir long-tailed, field mouse (J/<>ro- 



mys sijlvaticus gri-teus) 



2 Voles CHJiorotug hachelix) , 



7 Spiny mice {Platacanthiwii/H laicurus')... 



3 HLongooits (^Uerpestex mtingo') 



1 Madras tree-shrew (Tupaia ellioti) 



1 Markhor head ( labul var.) ^Capra falcv- 



neri negac'^rox). 



1 Oorial head (Ovis vignei') 



3 Skulls of Andaman wild pigs (5?/.» anda- 



manensig .) 



Quetta 



Do 



Kashmir 



Do 



Po 



Charmadi, Mysore 

 Cutch 



Pachmarbi, C. P. ... 



Ilurnai Valley, 

 Quetta. 



Do 



Taken from a com- 

 munal hut of the 

 wild Jiirva tribe 

 at Pochang, 8. 

 Andaman s. 



BaluchiFtan Nat. 

 Hisr. Soc. 

 Do. 

 E. C. Stuart Baker. 

 Do. 



Do. 



R. Foullies. 



H. H. tbe Eao of 

 Cutch. 



A. A.Dunbar Brao- 

 der. 



Capt. C. G. Wood- 

 house. 

 Do. 



J. E. Needham. 



