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The Honorary Secretary mentioned that the two large kraits, received 

 some time ago from Mr. L. Mountford in Sind, had been sent to Mr. G. A. 

 Boulenger, at the British Museum, who states that they have enabled him to 

 establish a new species, which he proposes to call Bungarus sindanus. An 

 illustration of this new Indian snake will be given in an early number of the 

 Society's Journal. 



SCORPIONS. 

 In response to the appeal made by Mr. Eobt. C. Wroughton specimens 

 of scorpions were received from the following members :— Surg.-Major 

 A. M. Crofts (Gwalior), Mr. E. G. Oliver (Dharwar), Mr. Thomson (Deesa), 

 Lieut. H, A. D. Fraser, R.E., and Colonel Freeman (Mahableshwur), Surg.- 

 Major Dimmock (Bombay), Mr. C. P. George (Secunderabad), Col. Fulton 

 (Dharmsala), Mr. G. M. Ryan (Sind), Mr. R. Roberts (Secunderabad), 

 Major O'Donnell (Kathiawar), Mrs. Pearson (Kharaghora), and Col. A. G. 

 Burn (Madras). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. XIX, Part II, from 

 Mr. W. F. Sinclair ; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1896, 

 Part III, from Mr. W. F. Sinclair ; List of the Animals at the Zoological 

 Gardens, London, from Mr. W. F. Sinclair ; Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist 

 Vol. XVIII, No. 105, purchased ; The Indian Forester, Vol. XXII, No. VIII 

 in exchange; Dictionary of Economic Products of India from the Government, 

 and North American Fauna, No. 12, in exchange. 



A special vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Chas. Maries, of Gwalior, for the 

 trouble he had taken in collecting and mounting the group of wading birds 

 now exhibited in the Society's rooms. The exquisite finish of the work was 

 greatly admired, and every one was glad to hear that Mr. Maries had kindly 

 undertaken to set up a similar case of Ducks for the Society's Museum. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read : — 



1. Notes on the Indian Sloth Bear, by Reginald Gilbert ; 2. On the 

 poisonous properties of Plumbago zeylanica, by Surg.rMaj. K. R. Kirtikar ; 3. 

 Food of the Bull-Frog and Musk-rat, by J. A. Betham ; 4. On the Occur- 

 rence of Marshall's Iora in Cutch, by Lieut. C. D. Lester ; 5. A curious mal- 

 formed Tiger's Skull, by Capt. R. Wapshar e; 6 .Note on the same, by Doctor * 

 P. W. Bassett-Smith, R. N. ; 7. Nests taken from March to June at Kohat and 

 Mussooree, by Capt. R. H. Rattray ; 8. Birds collected during 5 yeara' 

 residence in the Hylakandi District, Cachar, by C. M. Inglis ; 9. On 

 Pericrocotus speciosus, by E. C. Stuart Baker ; and 10. Description of two 

 new species of Butterflies, by L. de Niceville. 



