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Snipe came in from ]Mr. .1. C. Hig<;;in8, T.C.S., of Manipnr aud a Water 

 Cock from Mr. L. O. Clarke, Dibrugarh, Assam. 



The Society is much indebted to Mr. H. D. Baskorville, I.C.S., for the 

 skin and skull of a small Indian civet shot in Sind and likewise to Messrs. 

 D. O. "NVitt and (i Evans for specimens of this animal from Chanda and 

 Jubbulpore respectively. At the request of Mr. R. C. Wroughton, the 

 Society has made special efforts to obtain this civet from Sind and the 

 C. P. A second bittern was sent to us by Mr. F. J. Mitchell, Kashmir, 

 and Major Norman sent down a fine example of the black-tailed Godwit. 

 One John's earth snake was also received from Poena from Major W. S. J. 

 Shaw, while Major H. IJ. ^V'atson presented us with the head of a cobra 

 in which the '"cuneate '' scale is wanting. 



The Secretary acknowledged the following coTitributions to the Museum 

 since the last meeting : — 



