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sent by those willing to become associates of the Society, Associates who 

 pay Re. 1 a year will receive a copy of the annual report and those subscrib- 

 ing Rs, 5 a year will be entitled to all publications issued by the Society. 

 SNAKES' SLOUGHS. 



Mr. E. L. Barton exhibited a number of pieces of the slough cast by the 

 large Python in the Society's rooms, mounted on different materials, with a 

 view of ascertaining what use, if any, these sloughs might be put to. The 

 specimens mounted on bright-coloured calicoes, especially green, were by 

 far the most successful, and the concensus of expert opinion appeared to be 

 that from a millinery point of view the sloughs might be used, with advantage, 

 for the purpose of trimming hats ! ; .:■ 



THE SOCIETY'S COLLECTION OF BIRDS' SKINS. : ; 



Mr. E. Comber announced that the Society's collection of birds' skins notv 

 consisted of 2,109 specimens, comprising 767 species, and that they had. all 

 been recently re-arranged and completely catalogued. They now form a 

 fairly representative collectioli of the birds of the Indian Peninsular with 

 the exception of South India and Ceylon, from which region specimens 

 are much wanted. A revised list of desiderata is in course of preparation, 

 and will be published shortly. 



PAPERS READ. - 



The following papers were then read and discussed : — 



1. '< Notes on some Plants which have been introduced into the Victoria 

 Gardens, Bombay, during the past eight years," by K. D. Mahaluxmiwalla. 



2. " Carious Habits of the Bulbul," by E. H. Aitken. 



3. "The Migration of Butterflies in the Kangra Yalley," by G. C. 

 Dudgeon, F.E.S. 



4. " Occurrence of the Black-bearded Bat (^Taphosoiis..melanopogon) near 

 Bombay," by E. Comber, 



5. " Occurrence of the Bronze-capped Teal^Eunetta falcqta) in Sind," by B, 

 Comber. . _ 



Mr. K, D. Mahaluxmiwalla exhibited several of the plants referred to in his 

 paper. 



PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON 20th AUGUST,, 1901. - 

 A meeting of the members took place at the Society's Rooms on Tuesday 

 last, the 20th instant, Dr. D. Macdonald presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 

 Captain H. C. Tytler (Dinapore) ; Mr. C. H. Blathwayte, I.C.S. (Dharwar) ; 

 Mr. J. Mumford (Bombay) ; Mr. E. Brook-Fox, C.E. (Bankipur) ; Mr. W. L. 

 Dickinson (Sibsagar) ; Mr. C. Ittensohn (Bombay) ; Mr. G. W. D. Rhe-Philipe 

 (Lucknow) ; Lieutenant C. W. Prescott (Poona) ; and Mr. H. W. Few (Pakkoku,^ 

 Burma). His Highness the Maharajah of Kotah has become a life member 

 of the Society. '-'■' 



