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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 22nd DECEMBER 1904. 



A meeting of the members took place at the Society's rooms on 22nd 

 December 1904, Major C. G. Nurse presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



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

 announced : — 



Life member : Meherban Piraji Rao Bapu Saheb Ghote, Chief of Kagal, 

 senior (Kagal, S.M.C.). Members : Mr. A. D. S. Arbuthnot, R.E. (Bombay) ; 

 Mr. L. Bagshawe (Bombay); Captain R. H. Griffith, R.F.A. (Kirkee) ; 

 Mr. E. Wilson (Dehra Dun) ; Rev. P. G, Tibbs (Deolali) ; Mr. W. H. Ruddle 

 (Secunderabad) : Mr. R. W. D. Ashe, I.C.S. (Nellore, Madras Presidency) ; 

 Mr. E. Pakenham-Walsh (I.C.S.), (Penukonda, Anantapur District). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Mr. H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, acknowledged receipt of the 

 following contributions to the Society's collection : — 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



1 Gadwall 



1 Hobby 



1 Common Indian Nightjar 

 (alive) 



1 Large Pin-tailed Saud- 



grouse 



1 Green-Shank 



1 Horsefields Nightjar ... 



] Barn-Owl (alive) 



1 Indian Koel (alive) 



Some pearls and pearl shells 

 from Coast of Cutch.... 



1 Snake 



1 Snake 



3 Snakes 



Chaulelasmus streperus 



Faloo subbuteo 



Caprlmulgus asiaticu* 

 > Ptcroclurus alchata . 

 Totanus glottis 



Caprim ulguft macrurvs 

 Strix flammed 

 Eudynamis honorata 



Psammophw leithii ... 

 Lycodon striatus ... 

 Typlilops bramirms ... 



Mr. A. Dunbar-Braader 



I.F.S. 

 Mr. J. D. Inverarity. 



Mr. J. P. Chrystal. 



H. K. the Maharaja of 

 Bikanir. 

 H. H. the Maharaja of 



Bikanir. 

 Mr. R. G. Foster. 

 Rev. J. George, S.J. 

 Rev. J. George, S.J. 

 H. H. the Rao Paheb of 



Cutch. 

 Capt. F. Wall, I.M.S. 

 Capt. P. Wall, I.M.S. 

 Capt. F. Wall, I.M.S. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



These included 300 Zoological Records from 1896-97 and 1899 to 1902, from 

 the Trustees of the British Museum. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — " Shell-fish and 

 their shapes, " by E. Comber, F.Z.S, " Description of two new Snakes from 

 Upper Burma," by G. A. Boulenger, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. " Do wild animals ever 

 die of intestinal obstruction ?" by Col. W. B. Bannerman, I.M.S. "Melanism 

 in Black-Buck," by Major J. Manners Smith. "On fishes, from the Persian 

 Gulf, the Sea of Oman, and Karachi, " collected by Mr. F, W. Townseud. by 

 C. Tate Regan, B.A r 



