590 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XII. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF TBE MEETING HELD ON 28th FEBRUARY, 1899. 



A meeting of the members was held at the Society's Rooms on 

 28th February 1899, Dr. D, MacDonald presiding. 



NEW MEMBEllS. 

 The election of the following new members was announced : — Mr. S, D. 

 Keany (Berars), Mr, Herbert Swayne (Ceylon), Mr. Edmund W. Harper, 

 F.Z.S. (Bombay), Rev, Father Mathew Loehle, S,J, (Bombay), Captain E. M. 

 Lachlan, R.A. (Kirkee), Mr, E. G. L. Laird-Macgregor, I.C.S. (Belgaum), 

 Mr. Charles A. R, Crommelin (Bombay), Captain D. H. Drake-Brockman 

 (Meerut), Mr. Hugh M. Hannay (Wiridih), Lieutenant George A. Hawks 

 (Cuddapah District), Lieutenant Henry Storr (Wellington), Mr. Oliver 

 CoUett, F. R, M, S. (Watawala, Ceylon), Mr, Ivor C. Thomas (Mandalay), 

 Lieutenant H. H. Price, I.M.S. (Kurram Valley), Captain L. C. Dunsterville 

 (Delhi), Captain R. W. Falcon (Peshawur), Mr. W. A. W. Dawn (Moulmein) 

 Captain A. R. Dick (Calcutta), Major H. S. Massy (Loralai), Lieutenant 

 F. Smith, I.M.S, (Loralai), Mr. Sidney B. Taylor (Kurraehee), Pundit 

 Jewala Prasada, I.C.S. (Orai), Mr. H.W. A. Watson, I.F.S. (Toungoo), Mr. 

 E. L. Phelps (Ireland), and Mr. F. G. Hutchinson (Kharaghora). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 

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

 following contributions to the Society's Museum since the last meeting: — 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



A Collection of Bird's Eggs..; j Capt. P. Z. Cox. 



1 Chameleon (alive) CJiamo'lcmt calraratnit ... Mr. C. Merroney. 



1 Small Indian Mongoose Herpestes auro-punctatus. Do. 



(alive). I I 



1 Stoliczka''s Hedgeho g Erinaceus pictus Do. 



(alive). I j 



2 Black Bears'' skins Ursits forquafitu Mr. C. Donald. 



1 Musk Deer's skin lUoschus muxchiferus Do. 



1 GoraPs skin ^ Cemas goral Do. 



Eggs of the Ring-tailed Sea Ilaliatus leucoryphus. ... Do. 



Eagle. 

 1 Hawk-Cuckoo ^ Eierococcyx variug. 



Do. 



1 Ibex head ' Capra Mc/a/jri'K Deposited by Capt. P. Z. Cox. 



Eggs of the Roseate Tern ... Sti-rna (hync/aUi Mr. E. H. Aitken. 



1 Duck-billeil Platypus OrnithorhyncJiv s anatinu.s Mrs. Evans. 



1 Barn Owl (alive) Strix javanicus Mr. S. V.Bhandakar. 



1 Rat (alive), with curious 1 Capt. J. C. Milne, I.M.S. 



skin disease. j I 



2 Eggs of the Rock Homed Buio lengahnsh Mr. A. H. Simcox, I.C.S. 



Owl. I j 



1 Flamingo ' ' Jirrniroptcri'S mgevs ' Vety. Capt. W. D. Gunn. 



1 Cluckin'; Teal • Ncttiuviforniosinn ' Mr. E. L. Barton. 



] Large Shell from Mom- ^wrSo ip .Lieut. H. B. Rattray. 



bassa. ' I 



