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and had safely delivered the others at their destination. 
Mr. Thompson left Calcutta on his return voyage in the 
‘Hydaspes’ on the 5th of April, and arrived in the 
Thames on the 28th of July, bringing with him the fol- 
lowing fine series of animals, which had been brought to- 
gether for the Society at Calcutta by the exertions of their 
Corresponding Members, the Babu Rajendra Mullick of 
Calcutta, Mr. A. Grote of Alipore, Dr. John Squire, and 
Mr. Wm. Dunn of Akyab :-— 
Rhinoceroses (Rhinoceros indicus). 
Black Cuckoos (Eudynamys orientalis). 
Rose-coloured Pastors (Pastor roseus). 
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). 
Concave Hornbills (Buceros cavatus). 
Green-necked Peafowl (Pavo spicifer). 
Lineated Pheasants (Huplocamus lineatus). 
Rufous-tailed Pheasants (Euplocamus erythrophthal- 
Peacock Pheasant (Polyplectron chinquis). 
Indian Tantali (Tantalus leucocephalus). 
Indian Jabirus (Mycteria australis). 
Saras Cranes (Grus antigone). 
Land Tortoises (Testudo indica). 
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Very few losses were experienced by Mr. Thompson 
during his voyage, the only noticeable occurrence under 
this head having been the Polyplectrons, which appear 
to have been in a diseased state when shipped, and mostly 
died before the vessel reached Madras. The total cost of 
Mr. Thompson’s expedition amounted to £808 18s. 6d., 
whilst the lowest estimate that can be put upon the value 
of the collection thus acquired amounts to £1516. Under 
these circumstances, the Council thought it only due to 
this deserving officer of the Society to award him a gra- 
tuity of £50 for his services, together with their special 
thanks for his conduct during the expedition. 
It may be remarked that some of the additions thus 
made to the Society’s collection, such as the Hornbills 
and the Lineated Pheasants (for the latter of which the 
Society is indebted to their Corresponding Member, Dr. 
J. Squire), were not only novelties to the collection, but 
such specimens as the Council could have hardly hoped to 
acquire in any other way. 
