PROCEEDINGS. 



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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 6th DECEMBER, 1897. 



A meeting of the members took place at the Society's rooms, on Monday, 

 the 6th December, 1897, Capt. A. J. Peile, E.A., presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



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

 McCann (Bombay) ; Mr. P. W. Bickel (Bombay); Capt. H. F. Vanderzee, R. a! 

 (Cawnpore) ; tho Very Rev. Dr. Paul Goethals, S. J., Archbishop of Calcutta 

 (Calcutta) ; Mr. E. M. Coventry, I. F. S. (Montgomery) ; Mr. Kenneth 

 Rushton (Ahmednager) ; Lieut. A. H. Wilson (Jhansi) ; Mr. W. D. Gumming 

 (Persain Gulf); Mr. F. D. Maxwell (Ma -ubin, Burma); Mr. E. R. Hunt 

 (Sylhet) ; Mr. M. M. Mackenzie CChapra) ; Mr. G. B. Allen (Cawnpore); Hon. P. 

 Thesiger (Bombay) ; Mr. Charles Merrony (Bulsar) ; Mr. E. H. Young (Rut- 

 lam) ; Mr. G. Filmer Guy (Bombay) ; Mr. F. 0. Gadsden, B. I. M. (Bombay) ; 

 Mr. 0. Lindgren (Debrugurh, Assam) ; and Lieut. H. G. Stansfeld (Rangoon). 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



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

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



Contribution. 



Description, 



Contributor, 



from 



1 Koel (alive) 



A Number of insects 



China 



2 Monitors (alive) ... 



1 Palm-Civet (alive) , 



2 Gaurs 1 Heads 



1 ChitaPsHead , 



Land and Fresh Water Shells 



Sea Shells '. 



A Collection of Sea Fish .. 



Canarese Scorpions 



1 Lizard (alive) 



1 Snake (alive) 



Horns of Schomburgh's Deer 



4 Snakes from Japan 



Land and Fresh Water Shells 

 1 Hippopotamus' Skull .. 



1 Short-eared Owl 



1 Dhaman (alive) 



1 Snake (alive) 



2 Indian Monitors (alive) 

 Land and Fresh Water Shells 

 1 Panther Cub (alive).., 



1 Daboia (alive) , 



Butterflies from Jamrud 

 1 Malabar Spiny Mouse 

 A Number of Wild Duck, 



mounted 

 8 Floricans 1 Eggs 

 1 Forest Eagle-owl (alive) 

 1 Rose-ringed Paraquet. .. 

 1 Snake 



Sydynamis honorta, 



Varanus bengatensis 

 Paradoxurus niger .., 



Bos gaurvs , 



Cervus axis .... 



Cygosoma punctatum . 

 Tropidonotus piseator. 

 Cervus Schomburghi . 



Hippopotamus ampMbiui 



Asio aecipitrinus , 



Zamenis mucosas , 



Lycodon aulicus , 



Varanus iengalensis ... ., 



Fells pardus ... 

 Viper russellii 



Platacanthomys lasiurvs 



Sypheetides auritas 



HuJiua nepalensis.. 



(Deposited,') 



Pseudocyclopkis olivaceus ... 



Col. Gerald Martin. 



Mr. P. McCann. 

 Mr. R. H. Vincent. 

 Mr. J. G. Counsell. 



Deposited byMajorA.Fraser.. 



Mr. Lawson Morgan. 



Mr. E. H. Aitken. 



Dr. Bassett Smith, R. N. 



Mr. T. R. D. Bell. 



Mr. S. R. Arthur, I.C.S. 



Mr. R. H. Vincent. 



Mr. H. Slade. 



Lord Dormer. 



Mr. J. A. Betham. 



Mr. Muncherjee D. Talathi, 



Mr. C. Merrony. 



Mrs Lawrence. 



Mr. C. Merrony. 



Do. 



Mr. Poh Hla. 

 Mrs. N. Prideau*. 

 Mr. W. L. Cameron. 

 Capt. F. J. Barton. 

 Mr. H. Wapshare. 



Mr. Charles Maries. 

 Mr. Charles Gray. 

 Mr. W. J. H. Hunter. 



Do. 

 Mr. J. A. Graham. 



