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along the fingers ; these areas are a pale rufous. The interfemoral mem- 

 brane is similarly pale rufous. The hair on the proximal part of the 

 interfemoral membrane is distinctly rufous, 



I would take this opportunity to ask members sending in spirit specimens 

 of bats to gag each specimen (with the jaws as wide open as possible j with 

 a piece of cork before putting it into spirits, and to take special care that 

 every part cf the specimen is immersed in the spirit ; neglect cf this latter 

 precaution lesnlts almost certainly in the spoiling of the specimen, for the 

 hair on the portion which floated above the surface of the spirit comes off 

 in patches at the slightest touch. 



R. C. WROUGHTON. 



PooNA, 2n(l October, 1899. 



No. XXXIII.— BEAR KILLED BY A TIGER. 

 It is well known that tigers will attack and eat bears on occasion ; both 

 Blanford and Sterndale give instances, while in Vol. IX of the Society's 

 Journal may be found two later records by Mr, T. J. Campbell (p. 101) and 

 Mr. P. H. Clutterbuck (p. 229j. It may be worth while to note one more 

 such occurrence. Mr. C. E. Spooner, State Engineer, Selangor, tells me that 

 when shooting in Perak, about a month ago, he came upon the body of a full- 

 grown Malay bear which had been killed and half eaten by a tiger. The 

 latter was disturbed at the carcase, and made oflE with a loud " wo(.f ! " escap- 

 ing unseen. The whole of the bear's hind quarters up to the middle of the 

 body had been devoured, giving the beast the appearance of having been 

 roughly cut in two. 



A. L. BUTLER. 

 Selangor Museum, September, 1899. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 28th JUNE, 1899. 



A meeting of the members t' ok place on 28th of June, 1899, at the Society's 

 Rooms, at vshich Mr, Amee'-udin Tyebjee presided. 



New Members. 



The election of the following new members was announce! : — Mr. P. Hide 

 (Karachi), Mr, J. M. Dick (Bombay), Major C, R. Bartlett, R.A.M.C., F.Z.S. 

 (Jubbulpur), Mr. W. J. Gilbert Cooper, I.F.S. (Moulmein), Major A. J. Abdy, 

 R. A.CDtesa) Mr. Vithaldas Damodar Thakursey (Bombay), Mr. C. W. Wood 

 P. W. D. (Coimbatore),M--. J. A. Bourdillon, I.C.S., C.S.I. (Bankipur), Mr. W. 

 E. Rees (Dinapur), Mr. H. F. L. Pink (Dehra Dun ), Mr. A. C. Polwhele 

 (Naini Tal), Lieutenant H. A. Carlton (Burma), Lieutenant C. G. Hutchinson 

 (Burma), Mr. John Vernon Cooke (Shikarpur), Mr. R. S. Pearson, I. F. S. 

 (Khaudeish), Sir Henry Tichborne, Bart. (Loudon), Mr. L. W.Reynolds, 

 I. 0. S. (Allahabad), Mr. A. E. English, I. C. S. (Upper Burma), Mr. J. 



