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collected during the past month, thanked the Members for their donations, 

 expressed himself as very pleased at the interest taken in collecting by the 

 rising generation and especially thanked Mr. Flynn for the trouble and care 

 taken and success attained by him in mounting the specimens presented 

 by him. He also mentioned that the Honorary Secretary was anxious to 

 start separate albums of paintings of (1) the Birds, (2) the Butterflies and 

 Moths, and (3) the Wild Flowers of Baluchistan, which he thought an 

 excellent idea. He considered that the first contribution made by Miss 

 Butler towards this end a most useful one and beautifully executed, and 

 expressed the hope that others who were able would kindly come forward 

 and assist in a similar way, anything in the way of paintings and drawings 

 being of great value, especially paintings of birds, as the colour of the beaks 

 and legs of preserved specimens fade so very quickly. 



The Hon'ble President also mentioned that he had heard that Mr. Chibbir, 

 Assistant Professor of Botany, Agricultural College, Poona, had, unknown 

 to him, visited Quetta and taken away a large collection of wild flowers, 

 of which he proposed to present a set to the Quetta Museum, and expressed 

 the hope that Members interested in the subject would assist in the Botanical 

 collection. In conclusion, the Hon'ble President congratulated the Society 

 on the fact that Mrs. Dobbs had shown her interest in the Society by 

 not only gracing the Meeting with her presence lint liy consenting to become 

 a Member. 



PROCEEDINGS OF A MEETING OF THE MEMBERS HELD IX 



THE QUETTA MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING ON 



THURSDAY, THE 27th MAY 1909. 



A list of the Donations made to the Museum since the last Meeting was then 

 read out, the exhibits themselves being passed round for inspection. Of these 

 the more important were : — 



A Persian Nightingale from Quetta, presented by Master Walter Gumming. 



A Red-necked Phalarope from Quetta, presented by Master Arthur Gumming. 



Two Mottled Pole Cats from Quetta, presented by K.S.A.D. Marker. 



A beautiful little Dormouse from Quetta, presented by Master P. Stranack. 



A fine Lizard. {Varanus griseus) ivoxa Quetta, presented by Pratap j^ingh 

 Sethi. 



A rare Bug {Pyrrliocorh apterus) from Quetta presented by Mr. A. A. Flynn. 



The Persian Nightingale and the Dormouse, which are the first specimens 

 known to have been procui-ed in Quetta, attracted especial attention on account 

 of their rarity. 



Paintings of the Indian Blue-throat (2), European Bee-Eater (2), and Persian 

 Nightingale (1), by Major T. H. Goodwin, R.A.M.C, and one of the Common 

 Wryneck by Mr. A.- D. McDonough were also passed round, the Hon'ble 

 President thanking both Major Goodwin and Mr. McDonough for their very 

 valuable donations to the Museum Albums. 



