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PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL MEETINGS. 
3rpD ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, 1914. 
This meeting was held at Mr. W. L. Grut’s house on the 12th 
November, 1914, and was attended by 14 members and 2 guests. Mr. 
W. J. F. Williamson presided. 
A large and interesting collection of birds and mammals made 
by Count Gyldenstolpe during the months of March to November 1914, 
in the North of Siam, was exhibited by him. During this period some 
750 birds (comprising 259 species) and 100 mammals, besides a num- 
ber of reptiles, fishes, intestinal worms, beetles and spiders were 
collected. 
Among the birds were the following which had not previously 
been recorded from Siam :— 
Pomatorrhinus tickelli, Gampsorhynchus torquatus, Drymocatha- 
pes (Drymcataphus ) tickella, Cor ythocichla brevicaudata, Stachyrhidopsis 
rufifrons, Herpornis axantholeuca, Chloropsis hardwickii, Rhipidura 
albicollis, Aethopyga dabryr, Dicueum ignipictus, Pyrrhopicus pyrrhotis, 
Picumnus innomitatus, Sasia ochracea, Megalaema marshallorum, Mega- 
laema virens, Cyanops davisoni, Cyanops asiaticu, Cyanops ramsayi, 
Auhua nepalensis, Photodilus badius, Polioattus ichthyaétus, Sphenocerus 
apicauda and Macropygia tusalia. 
At the conclusion of the exhibition Mr. T. H. Lyle, in con- 
gratulating Count Gyldenstolpe on his collection, made some interest- 
ing remarks on the difficulties to be experienced while collecting spe- 
cimens in the country through which Count Gyldenstolpe had 
travelled. 
A hearty vote of thanks to Count Gyldenstolpe, proposed by 
Mr. Williamson, terminated the proceedings. 
Ist ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, 1915. 
This meeting was held at the Oriental Hotel on the 21st 
January, 1915, Dr. Malcolm Smith, the Vice-President, being in the 
chair. 
Mr. C. Boden Kloss, Assistant Director of Museums. Federated 
Malay States, exhibited specimens of mammals and birds collected by 
him on a few weeks’ trip, during December 1914 and January 1915, 
on the islands off the East coast of the Gulf of Siam and the adjacent 
mainland. The collection consisted of nearly 500 mammals and some 
