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PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL MEETINGS. 



3ui> ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING, 1914. 



This meeting was held at Mr W. L. Grut's house on the ]2\\] 

 November, 1914, and was attended by 14 members and 2 guests. Mi-. 

 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, 

 ill 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 kSiam : — 



Pomatorrhinus tickelli, Gampsorltd/nchus torquatiis, Driimocathn- 

 l>es (Drymcataphvs) tickelli, Cori/tlwcichla hrevicaudata, Stachi/rhidopsi.-^ 

 rufifrons, Herpornis xantholeuca, Chloropsis hardicickii, Bhipiduvd 

 albicollis, Aethopyga dahryi, Dicaeum vjnipictus, Pip'rhopicus pi/rrhotis. 

 Pirumnus innomitatus, Sasia ochracea. Megalaema marshallorwm, Me-fja- 

 laema virens, Cyanops davisoni, Cyanops asiatica, Gyaiiops ramsayi. 

 Ruhua nepalensis, PhotodAlus hadius, Polioaetus ichthyaetus, Sphenocerus 

 (ipicauda 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 si)e- 

 cimens in the country througrh which Count Gvldenstolne had 

 travelled. 



A heart}' vote of thanks to Count Gyldenstolpe, proposed by 

 Mr. Williamson, terminated the ))roceedinos. 



1st ordinary GENERAL MEETING, 1915. 



This meeting was held at the Oriental Hotel on tlie 21st 

 January, 1915, Dr. Malcolm Smith, the Vice-President, being in the 

 chair. 



Mr. C. Boden Kloss, Assistant Director of Museums. Fedei'ated 

 Malay States, exhibited specimens of mammals and birds collected by 

 him on a few weeks' trip, during December 191 1 and January 1915, 

 on the islands off the East coast of the Gulf of Siain and the aiijacent 

 mainland. The collection consisted of neai-lv 500 mammals and some 



