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PROCEEDIK(^S 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON 26th JULY 1917. 



A meeting of members and their friends of the Bombay Natural History 

 Society took place on Thursday, the 26th July, Mr. John Wallace presiding. 



The Secretary said since the last meeting the Society had lost by death 

 two of their oldest members the Revd, Father Dreckmann, S.J., and Lt.- 

 Col. Kirtikar, I. M.S. Father Dreckmann was for 30 years a member of 

 the Committee and until recently one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society. 

 He was one of the most regular attendants at the meetings and had done a 

 great deal of valuable work for the Society in connection with reptiles. 

 Lt.-Col. Kirtikar was a member of the conmiittee for many years and had 

 contributed many valuable notes on Botanical subjects. 



The Secretary said he was sure that members would pass a vote of deep 

 regret at the loss of these old and valued members both of whom had 

 helped so largely in the researches of the Society. 



The election of the following 23 new members since the last meeting was 

 announced : — The Secretary, Darjeeling Gymkhana Club, Darjeeling ; Capt. 

 E, Selby Phipson, I.M.S., Bombay ; Capt. J. S. Armstrong, R.A.M.C, 

 Basra ; Capt. the Hon'ble R. A. Addington, Poona ; Mr. J. C. T. Fair- 

 weather, Khandwa, C.P. ; Capt. H. F. Murland, Karachi; Mr. C. R. Part- 

 ridge, Jalpaiguri ; the Honorary Secretary, Station Library, Simla ; Mr. H. 

 J. Winch, Shivrajpur ; Lt. E. J. Green. I.A.R.O., Mesopotamia; Lt. E. D. 

 A. Cuvelier, Nowshera ; Mr. C. P. Vitty, Europe ; Mr. A. E. LeMarchand, 

 Indore ; Major A.H. Cunningham, R. E., Roorkee ; Mr. F. D. Spencer, Siam ; 

 Mr. W. D. Wheeler, Bombay; Capt. A. Fitzgerald, Bombay; Capt. J. G. 

 P. Drummond, Kacha, Baluchistan ; Mr. Hasan C. Latif, Aurangabad ; 

 Lt. F. Kingdon Ward, Mesopotamia ; Mr. A. E. Elmore, Tharrawaddy ; the 

 Forest Botanist, Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun ; and Capt. N. H. 

 Prendergast, Miranshah. 



The Secretary acknowledged the following contributions to the Museum 

 since the last meeting; : — 



Contribution . 



Locality. 



Doner. 



1 Fox {Vulpcs, sp.) 

 1 Jackal (C aureus) 



1 Wolf (C. lupus) (body skin 



only.) 



2 Hyjenas {H. hyaena) (skins 



damaged). 



1 Short-eared Owl (A. accipiti 



nus) and several Snakes 

 104 Birds' skins 

 16 Fish 



3 Lizards 



8 Snakes and a few insects 

 33 Birds' skins 



2 Ibex heads (C. ccgayrus) 

 1 Marten {Maries, sp.) and 

 1 Cheetah {C.jubatus) . . 



J 



Mesopotamia 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Pushti Koh Rf 



Lt. T. R. Livesey, 



Capt. C. R. Pitman. 



Capt. H. L. Macken- 

 zie, I. M.S. 



Sir P. Z. Cox. 



Capt. Napier. 



