PROCEEDINGS. 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HELD ON 16th DECEMBER, 



1896. 



A meeting of the members was held at the Society's rooms on Wednesday, 

 the 16th December, 1896, Mr. E. M. Slater presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members was announced :— Mr. 

 Narrotum Morarjee (Life Member) (Bombay), Captain Dalme-Radcliffe 

 (Nowgong), Mr. Lencastro Pereira d'Andrade (Marmugoa), Mr. Arthur J. 

 Moon (Belgaum), Captain L. T. Bowles (Agra), Surgeon-Lieutenant A. 

 Hooton (Poona), Mr. B. R. R. Rambant, R.A. (Karachi), Captain Malcolm 

 Campbell, R.A. (Rawul Pindi), Lieutenant A.B.R. Hildebrand, R. E. (Bombay), 

 Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel P. de Haig (Bunna), Mr. George F. F. 

 Foulkes (Madanapolli), Mr. S. Cox (Vizagapatam), Miss E. E.Spragge (Poona), 

 Mr. William M. Bell (Bombay), Mr. F. B. Manson (Darjeeling), Mr. F. T. 

 Welsh (Bombay), Mr. A. T. Whittle ( Wadhwan), Surgeon-Major C. S. Rundle 

 (Thayetmyo), Captain .F. E.G. Skey, R.E. (Roorkee), Mr. B. R. Bomonjee 

 (Saharanpur), and Mr. G. A. Hope, R.A. (Ellichpur). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Mr. H. M. Phipson, the Honorary Secretary, acknowledged the receipt of 

 the following contributions to the Society's Museum since the last meeting : — 



Contribution. 



Description. 



Contributor. 



1 Scaly Ant-eater (alive). 



1 Phoorsa 



A number of Snakes 



2 Pigeons 



8 Ruffs 



2 White-tailed Plovers 



2 Little Stints 



2 Black-tailed Godwits 



2 Spotted Sandpipers 



1 Stilt 



1 Striolated Bunting 



A number of Marine Shells. 



2 ChamEeleons (alive) 

 1 Long-legged Buzzard 



1 Florican 



Marine Specimens 



2 Eggs of the Bronze-winged 

 Jacana 



1 Snake (alive) 



8 Black Cobras (alive) 



[Manis pentadactyla 

 Echis carinata 

 Zamenis fasciolatus... 

 Bungarus arcuatus ... 

 Tropidonotus plumbicolor 

 Dipsas trigonata 

 Silybura madurensis 

 Lycodon jara 

 Simotes splendidus ... 

 Simotes theobaldi ... 

 Tropidontus stolatus 

 Psammophis sp. 

 Carpophagus bicolor... 

 Philomactrus pugnax 

 Chuttsia villotoei 

 Tringa temmincki ... 

 Limosa jegocephala ... 

 Actitis glariola 

 Himantopus candidus 

 Eniberiza striolatus... 



Chameeleon calcaratus 



Buteo ferox 



Sypheotides aurita ... 



Para indica ... 

 Zamenis diadema 



'Naga tripudians 



Lieut. F. Prideaux. 

 Major R. Light. 

 Capt. E. Y. Watson. 



Do. 



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Mr. F. E. Dempster, CLE. 

 Mr. Chas. Maries. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Lieut. C. D. Lester. 

 Capt. Finny, R. I. M. 

 Major R. Light. 

 Capt. A. Newnham. 

 Mr. N. C. Macleod. 

 Capt. E. Shopland. 



Mr. F..C. Dwane. 

 The Karachi Zoological 

 Gardens. 

 Do. 



