PROCEEDINGS. 591 



Contribution. 



Description. f Contributor. 



1 White-eyed Duck IVj^roca ferruginia Mr. P. E. Allen. 



1 Black Lemur (alive) Lenmv macaco Mr. Goverdhundas G. Tejpal. 



2 Snakes Drynphis mycterlzans Mrs. Oliver. 



1 Snake Dendrophis pictus ..j Do. 



1 Snake Dipsas ceyloiiensls Do. 



1 Snake Lijcodon striatus Do. 



1 Snake Typhlnps aeuUos Do. 



Orchids Eulophia prateasu Mr. A. H. Simcox, I.C.S. 



Egarsof Common Sandgrouse. Pterocles exustus Do. 



1 Tree Snake Dendrophis pictus Mr. J. E. Whiting, C.E. 



1 Young Jackal (alive) Canis aureus Mr. W. George. 



1 Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Mr. G. Watts. 



2 Bats Scoti>2)hilus wrouglitoni ... Mr. E. C. Wronghton. 



1 Bat PipistreUus dormeri ...... Do. 



1 Bat Pipistrelli's indiciis Do. 



1 Chamseleon (alive) Chamcpleon calcaratus Mr. H. Knight. 



1 Stoliczka''s Hedgehog Erinaceus pictus Mr. J. W. Hind. 



(alive). I 



1 Eed-Crested Pochard Netta rufna Mr. P. Snow, I.C.S. 



1 Bittern '^ Botaurus stellaris Mr. A. H. Simcox, I.C.S. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRAE Y. 



On the Nomenclature of the Whalebone Whales (True), in exchange : 

 " The Irish Naturalist," from Mr. W. F. Sinclair ; "Nature," from Mr, W. F. 

 Sinclair ; Journal of the Marine Biological Association, from Mr. W, F. 

 Sinclair ; Mammals of the Kaskill Mountains (Mearns), in exchange : Cata- 

 logue of the Birds in the British Museum, Vol. XXVI., in exchange ; Insects 

 injurious to Stored Paddy (E. Ernest Green), from the author ; Birds of the 

 Larut Hills, Perak (A. L. Butler), from the author. 



THE ACCOUNTS FOE 1898. 

 Mr. N. C. Macleod, the late Honorary Treasurer, placed before the meeting 

 a statement of accounts for the year ending 31st December, 18-8, showing an 

 income of Ks. 14,216-3-5 ; expenditure, Es. 1 2,812-8-8 ; and a balance at 

 credit of Rs. 1,403-10-9. It was resolved that the accounts be passed^ 

 subject to the usual audit. 



ELECTION OF THE COMMITTEE. 

 The President, Vice-Presidents, and Members of the Managing Committee 

 for 1898 were re-elected for the present year. 



PAPERS READ. 

 The following papei-s were read and discussed . — 1. Fishing in Indian 

 Waters. Part II, The Mullet and Garfish, by F. 0. Gadsden, E.I.M, 2. Ihe 

 Ferns of North -Western India, by C.W.Hope. 3. On the Land Mollusca 

 of Bombay, by W, T. Blanford, F.R.S. 4. Notes on some Butterflies from 

 Tonasserim in Burmah, by Lionel de Niceville, C.M.Z.S. 5, Birds collected 

 and observed at Thull during 5 months in 1898, and Notes on their Nidifica- 



