ll CLNTRAL 



U ^. NEW YORK, 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL, 



For July, 1899. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Society was held on "Wednes- 

 day, the 5fch July, 1899, at 9-15 p.m. 



R. D. Oldham, Esq., F.Gt.S., in the Chair. 



The following members were present : — 



Major A. Alcock, I.M.S., Mr. J. J. Cotton, Mr. W. K. Dods, Mr. K 

 Finn, The Revd. W. K. Firrainger, Major C. R. M. Greeu, I.M.S., Mr. T. 

 H. Holland, The Revd. H. B, Hyde, Kumar Rameshwar Maliah, Mr. L. 

 de Niceville, Mr. J. D. Nimmo, Mahamahopadhaya Harapi'asad Shastri, 

 Mr. H. A. Stark, Dr. M. A. Stein, Major L, A. Waddell, I.M.S. 



Visitor :— Mr. G. W. L. Caine. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 

 Twenty-one presentations were announced. 



Mr. A. Goodeve Chukerbntty has expressed a wish to withdraw 

 from the Society. 



Mr. F. Finn exhibited two living specimens of a new Indian 

 species of Weaver-bird, at\d made the following remarks upon them : — 



The birds I am exhibiting to-night were obtained about the end 

 of June from Mr. W. Rutledge, of Eutally, who states that he received 

 them, together with a specimen of the Blue Rock Thrush (Petrophila 

 cyanus) recently, from Naini Tal. The man from whom he procui^ed 

 the birds stated that lie could get others, so that the species is pro- 

 bably not uncommon. I have no hesitation in describing it as new, as 

 it differs markedly from any of our Indian Weavers, and does not agree- 

 either with the description of any of the allied African forms to whick 

 I have access. I have much pleasure in naming this handsome novelty 

 after Mr. Rutledge, whose services to Indian Natural History, and to 



