PROCEEDINGS. 



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Minor contributions from Messrs. C. H. Donald, L. H. Savile, Mr. F. H.. 

 S. Stone and H. Bulkley. 



PKOGRESS OF THE MAMMAL SURVEY. 



The Secretary said that members would be interested to hear that Mr, 

 Shortridge, who has been collecting steadily in Ooorg for the last two months,, 

 has obtained an excellent lot of specimens — thanks to the assistance given 

 to him by Mr. F. Bannyngton, I.C.S., and Mr. J. Graham of Mercara, 

 Coorg. After completing Ooorg, Mr. Shortridge goes to Burma where 

 doubtless members of the Society will assist him in the same way as they 

 have done in other parts of India. 



Mr. Crump is now at Dhrangadhra, where H. H. the Maharaja has ren- 

 dered much help. Before this he collected at Rajkot, where Mr. J. Sladen,. 

 I.C.S., Major W. M. P. Wood and Major 0. F. Harold all kindly assisted him. 



The third collector, Major Mayor, will, it is expected, arrive from 

 England next month and will at once proceed to Ceylon which it is con- 

 sidered necessary to work before Southern India is completed. More 

 money is still required to finance the survey, and it is hoped that members 

 will help by sending in further donations. So far only about Es. 12,000' 

 has been received or promised towards the Rs. 20,000 required for the 

 third collector, and more funds are, therefore, urgently needed. 



EXHIBITS. 



Mr. N. B. Kinnear, the keeper of the Museum, exhibited a large number 

 of skins of specimens returned from identification by the British Museum. 

 Among some of the more interesting were the hares, of which three different 

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