PROCEEDINGS. 



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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 

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

 following contributions to the Society's Collections : — 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — 



1. Plants introduced into the Victoria Gardens, Bombay, since 1896, by C.D. 

 Mahaluxmivala ; 2. The Wild Plantain, by G. M. Ryan, I.F.S. ; 3. Notes on 

 the Flora of Northern Ganjam, by Cecil E. C. Fischer, I.F.S. ; 4. The Birds of 

 Chitral, by Capt. H. T. Fulton, D.S.O. ; 5. Natural Checks on Over-increase, 

 by Major A. Newnham ; 6 Fly-fishing in the Bombay Presidency (Megalops 

 cyprinoides, a fly-taker), by W. A. Wallinger ; 7. Melanism amongst Panthers, 



