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(jT) Note on two specimens of Hypsirliina sieholdii, by Surgeon-Captain 



F. Wall, I.M.S. 

 (e) Distribution of the Slender Loris, by A. M. Kinloch. 

 (/) Nesting of the Malabar Rufous Woodpecker, by Lieutenant N. F. T 



Wilson, R.I.M. 

 {g) Panthers and their ways, by W. A. Wallinger. 

 (Ji) Reasoning power in Bees, by S. Eardley-Wilmot, 

 (/) Notes on a Jackal cub, by Major G. S. Rodon, 

 (;■) The young of the Hunting Leopard, by Surgeon- Captain H. F 



Cleveland, I.M.S. 

 (Jc) Hybernating of Indian Bears, by Captain F, E. G. Skey, R.E, 

 ( I) Protective power of scent in animals, by S, Eardley-Wilmot, 

 (m) Nidification of the Indian Lorikeets, by A. L, Butler. 

 (ji) The Narcondam Hornbill, by Lieutenant J. H. St. John, R.I.M, 



EXHIBITS. 



Lieutenant N. F. T. Wilson, R.I.M , exhibited the nest of the Madras 

 Rufous Woodpecker found at Tanna, from which he had taken the young bird. 

 When found, the nest was swarming with the small black ants to whom it 

 properly belonged, thus conclusively proving that the bird does not wait for 

 the orifjioal occupants to vacate the nest before laying her eggs in it. 



Mr. F. Gleadow, I.F.S., exhibited the skull of a panther shot last year at 

 about 8,000 feet in the hills north of Chakrata. The skull has a large cavity 

 on one side and a projection on the other side, which are apparently the results 

 of an old wound, and may possibly have been caused by a bullet glancing off 

 the top of the skull. 



Lieutenant J. H. St, John, R.I.M,, exhibited a num.bcr of beautiful shells 

 which he had brought up for the Society from the Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands, and also several skins of the rare Narcondam Hornbill {Rhytidoceros 

 narcondami) which he had obtained for the Society from the small Island of 

 Narcondam, where these birds are only known to occur. The only previous 

 specimens recorded are a pair which were obtained by Hume as far back as 

 1873, so that these specimens are a valuable addition to the Society's collection. 



Captain F. E. G Skey, R.B., exhibited son-.e photographs illustrating the 

 great extrt-mes in the shape of the Markhor horns obtained near Drosh, 

 some being quite a straight spiral (Cabul variety), whilst others in the same 

 hird had the wide s-pread of the Pir-Panj;d variety (Blanford). 



A vote of thanks was passed to the members who had contriiuxted papers 

 &c., and the meeting then terminated. 



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