VROCEEDINGS. 



315 



Contribution. 



Locality. 



Donor. 



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Kut, Mesopotamia 



D. 



Do. 



Mekrau 



I Jackal, Vanis auvcmf . . 

 4 Hares, Lepus sp. 



II Birds 

 1 Syrian Hedgehog, i-JnHreceMsJMesopotaniia 



calliyoni. 

 1 lj\tt\Q Grebe, Podiceps alOipen-"] 



nis. I 



1 Smew, Mergus albelluA . . ' 



1 "White-fronted Goose, Anser j 



albifro7is. j 



1 Tatera .s^?. . . , . . . J 



1 Jungle Cat, Felis chaui^ 

 1 Large Spotted Eagle, Aquila 



maculata. 



1 Panther, Felis pardus 

 3 Foxes, Vulpes sp. 

 3 Mungoses, Muni/os mungo 



2 Porcupines, Hystrir sp. 

 1 Persian Hare, Lepus craspe- 



dotis. 

 1 Gazelle 

 1 Palm Squirrel, Funambulus 



pennanti argeu tescens. 

 8 Snakes 



48 Birds 



1 Indian Jungle Cat, Felis affinis.. 

 1 Wood-Snipe, (r«/^mff^o nemoricola 

 1 Sheldrake, Tadorna cornufa 



1 Grey's Snake, Zcimenis ventrima- 



culatus. 



2 Wild Dogs, Cuon dukhunensis 



juv (alive). 

 1 Painted Stork, Pseudotautalus 

 leucocephalus. j 



1 Bar-headed Goose, Anser i«- Novvshera 



dicus. ! 



3 Yellow-legged Herring-gull, 1 



Larus cachinans. j 



1* Dark-backed Herring-gull, I 



Larus affinis. i 



2 Brown -headed Gull, Larus ] 



bruneicephalus . J 



Capt.C.K.S. Pitman. 



Mr. J.M. S. Culbert- 

 son. 



Capt. 11. Bagnall. 



Lieut. Brewster. 



Legait, Mesopo-lLieut. T. li. Livesey. 

 tamia. 



Capt. J.E.B. Hotson. 



Nowshera 

 Thana, Bombay 

 Larkana, Sind 

 Muscat . . 



Narsinghpur 



Delhi 



Bombay . 



Major W. H. Lane. 

 Major M. L. Ferrar, 

 Mr. G. A. Shillidy. 

 Major L. Haworth. 



Mr. P. S. Patuck, 



LC.S. 

 Mr. W. E. Ashton 



James. 

 Major C. W. Pre- 



scott. 



Mr. S. H. Prater. 



COLLECTION OF PLANTS. 



With reference to the collection of plants which Capt. Hotson had for 

 about a year, been sending to the Society from Persian Baluchistan, the 

 Kevd. E. Blatter made some interesting observations. In the course of his 

 remarks he said : — His collections are of great interest to the student of 

 ecology as well as of nlant geography, Persian Baluchistan is virgin soil 



