518 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, fol. XXV. 



Minor contributions from Messrs. G. Rose, F. Lobo, F. Hearson, Maj. G. 

 Husband, Major Shaw, F. S. Xavier, C. Narayan Rao, Major Hilson 

 and C. H, Donald. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 26th SEPTEMBER 1917. 



An " At Home '■ for members and their friends of the Bombay Natural 

 History Society took place on Wednesday, the 26th September. 



The election of the following 16 new members since the last meetino- was 

 announced: — Major J. C. Coldstream, I. A., Bombay; the Curator, State 

 Museum, Puddukkottai ; Mr, N. C. Braham, Siam ; Mr. W. Davies, Poona • 

 Mr. J. G. Hogan, Indore, C.I.; Mr. E. A. Steward, Assam ; Dr. H. C. 

 Berlie, Bunder Abbas ; Mr. H. G. Spence, Rangoon ; Mrs. F. Hastino^s, 

 Bombay ; Second-Lieut. G. T. H. Bracken, Bombay : Second-Lieut. R. 

 Smales, Bombay ; the Registrar, Burma Educational Syndicate, Rangoon ; 

 the Honorary Secretary, Tavoy Club, Tavoy, Burma ; H. H. the Maharaj 

 Rana Udaibhan Sahib Bahadur of Dholpur State, Rajputana ; Mr. F. E. 

 Mackwood, Colombo ; the Department of Biology, Ewing Christian College, 

 Allahabad. 



The Secretary acknowledged the following contributions to the Museum 

 since the last meeting : — 



2o Birds' skins 

 12 Mammals 

 17 Fish, Snakes 



md Lizards 



Mesopotamia 



Capt. C. R. Pitman. 



