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Captain Lamb stated that, so far he had not made any experiments with the 

 poison of the Phoorsa [Echis carinata) or the various species of Kraits (Bun- 

 garus) having been unable to obtain a supply. He hoped that members of the 

 Society would assist him in his efforts to obtain live specimens of these snakes. 



The method of extracting the poison from a live Cobra was demonstrated 

 before the meeting and also the mode of administrating food into the snake 

 by means of a funnel. 



A hearty vote of thanks was passed to Captain Lamb for his valuable paper, 

 which will duly appear in the Society's Journal. 



Mr. Comber called attention to letters received from Mr. W. D. Cumming, 

 of Ormara, on the Mekran coast, reporting the occurrence there of the Red- 

 breasted Merganser {Merganser serrator), of which there was previously only 

 one authentic record within " Indian" limits, and of a species of Diver 

 {Colymlus) which genus has never been known or suspected to occur in any 

 part of the Indian region. Some curious instances of albinism were also 

 referred to, in which some caged Buntings had replaced " plucked" wing and 

 tail feathers by white ones. 



PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 18th FEBRUARY, 1902. 

 A meeting of the members was held at the Society's Rooms on Tuesday, 

 the 18th February 1902, Mr. F. O. Gadsden, R.I.M,, presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS, 

 Tha election of the following new members was announced : — Mr. R. C, H. 

 Barnard, C.E, (Lanauli) ; Mr, William Hall (Bombay) ; Mr, A, A, Cover, 

 D. S, P. (Vizagapatam) ; Mr. H, A, B, Vernon, I,C.S, (Vizagapatam) ; Mr. J. 

 Humphrey (Bombay) ; tlie Honorary Secretary of the Sind Club (Karachi) 

 Professor G. A. Gammie (Poena) ; Mr. H. P. Todd-Naylor, I.C S,, C.I.E. 

 (Minbn, Burma) ; Mr, Kirkman Finlay (Raneoon) ; Mr, H. Haussler (Ran. 

 goon); Mr, Neville Eliot, R. A. (Rawalpindi) ; and 11, H, the Maharajah of 

 Mysore (Mysore), {Life Member). 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 

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

 following contributions since the last meeting : — 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO TBE MUSEUM. 



