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literary work. His contributions to our journal are : " The Flora of 

 Matheran." A '' Catalogue of the Flora of Mahableshwar and Matheran," and 

 " The Hill Forests of Western India. " We can only regret that as a judge, 

 he was too busy to do more in the science for which he showed so great 

 ability. He was also a practical botanist and a gardener. The public gardens 

 at Surat and Karachi are, to a large extent, mementos of his love for the 

 " scientia amabilis " and the Ladies' Gymkhana on Malabar Hill and the 

 University Garden would not be what they are but for his industry and taste 

 and knowledge of our flora. 



PAPERS READ. 



The Flora of Aden, by Rev. E. Blatter, S.J. 



Further notes on the distribution of the varieties of cobras in India, by 

 Lt.-Col. W. B. Bannerman, M.D., B.Sc, I.M.S. 



Note on an edible fungus from Lahore, by Lt.-Col. K. R. Kirtikar, I.M.S. 

 (Retd.\ 



Notes on some rats of the " Mus mettada " group, by R. C. Wroughton. 



The vitality of snakes, by Lt.-Col. H. V. Biggs, R.E. 



Curious behaviour of a panther in connection with a kill, by Major H. E. 

 Drake Brockman, F.Z.S., I.M.S. 



"Melanitis bethami " in Pachmarhi, C. P., by Capt. H. W. Kettlewell. 



All of which will appear in full in the Society's Journal." 



The meeting terminated with a vote of thanks to the authors of the papers. 



PROCEEDINGS 

 *OF THE MEETING HELD ON 3GTH MAY 1907. 



A meeting of the members of the Bombay Natural History Society took 

 place at the Society's Rooms on the 30th May 1907, Mr. W. M. Bell pre- 

 siding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following 33 new members since the last meeting was 

 duly announced: -Mr. D. L. Dixit, B.A. (Poona) ; Mr. A. M. De Cruz 

 (Bombay) ; Mr. J. H. Kenyon (Peermade, Travaucore) ; Mr. F. C. Dwane 

 (Yellandu, Deccan) ; Mr. R. Payne, B.A. (Bankipur, E. I. Railway) ; Mr. 

 F. L. Crawford (Buldana, Berar) ; Mr. C. G. Gill (Adyar, Madras) ; Mr. 

 H. L. Painter, I. C. S. (Dharwar) ; Mr. H. C. Wilson (Ootacamund) ; Mr. C. 

 Allan Cooke (Bombay) ; Professor Dr. K. Kracpelin, Director des Naturhistor 

 Museums (Hamburg) ; The Mess President, 2nd Worcestershire Regiment 

 (Ahmednagar) ; Mr. Patrick E. Aitchison (Belgaum) ; Mr. D. H. M. Boyle 

 (Honielongyel, Siam, via Papan Burma) ; The Honorary Secretary, Book 

 Club, 74th Puujabis (Saugor, C. P.) ; Captain J. Lindsay Smith (Lyallpur, 

 Punjab) ; Mr. W. R. Carey (Tiddim, Chin Hills, Upper Burma); The Librarian, 

 the Daly College (Indore, C. I.) ; Mr. A. Fayrer Hoskyn (Secunderabad, 

 Deccan) ; Major M. C. Kennion, F.Z.S. (Seistan) ; Mr. C. W. Therenard 

 (Calicut, Malabar) ; The Mess President, 39th Garhwal Rifles (Lansdowne, 



