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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE MEETING HELD ON 15th JULY, 1902. 

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

 the Ifith July, 1902, Mr. E. H. Aitken, presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 



The election of the following new members was announced : — 

 Life Members. — Mr. Dhunjeebhoy Bonsanjee Petit, (Bombay), and Mr. 

 Dhunjeebhoy Bomanjee, (Bombay). 



Members. — Mr. Thomas Rennie, (Rangoon) ; Mr. B.B. Wood,I.C.S. (Kaira); 

 Captain H. N. Packard, R.A. (Ootacamund) ; Mr. S. M. Toppin, R.G.A, 

 (Mussoorie) ; Major H. S. Nelson, R.G.A. (Bombay) ; Major W. H. Cummings, 

 R.G.A. (Bombay) ; Captain H, B. Mayne, R.G.A. (Bombay) ; Mr. A. H. Bastow, 

 (Trevandrum) ; Lieutenant R. M. Carter, I.M.S. (Poona) ; Nawab Imad-ul-Mulk 

 Bahadur, B.A. (Hyderabad, Deccan) ; Mr. J. MolHson , (Nagpur, C.P.) ; Mr, G.C, 

 Godfrey, (Calcutta; 5 Mr. W. H. J. Wilkinson, I.C.S. (Bombay) ; Mr. A. E. L. 

 Emanuel, I.C.S. (Prantij, Ahmedabad) ; Mr. Albert Pam, (London) ; Mr. G. A. 

 Phear, (Nagpur, C.P.) ; Mr. S. B. Murray, (Ootacamund) ; Major T. N. Bag- 

 nail, (Ootacamund); and Major-General D. J. S. McLeod, C. B., D. S. O. 

 (Meerut). 



CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Mr. W. S. Millard, the Honorary Secretary, acknowledged receipt of the 

 following contributions since the last meeting : — 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MUSEUM. 



Contributions. 



Description. 



Contributors. 



RMnopoma 'inacrophyUum... 



1 Long tailed Bat ... 

 13 Snakes (10 species), and 

 6 Lizards ( 4 species ) 

 from Upper Burma and 

 the Nilgiris. 

 8 Snakes (4 species) from 



Cawnpore. 

 1 Egg of the Common Sand- 

 piper. 

 4 Eggs of the Whiskered 



Tern. 

 3 Eggs of the European 

 Bee-Eater. 



1 Egg of the Mallard 



1 Snake (alive) 



1 Skin, nest and eggs of 

 the Brown-Backed Robin. 

 18 specimens of Fishes from 

 the Arabian Coast. 



1 Lizard 



Some marine specimens 



from Bombay Harbour. 



1 Krait (juv.) 



Totanus hypoleucus 



HydrocJielidon hybrida 



Meropg apiaster 



Anas boscas 



JEryx johnii 



ThamnoMa cambaiensis 



Varaims bengalensu ... 

 Bungarus ccsruleus .... 



Mr. D. 



Lieut. 



Col. P. 

 Lieut. 



Mr. R, 

 Mr. F, 



Ommanney. 



R. Meinertzhagen. 



Baddeley. 

 G. A. Hawks. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



W. Hanson. 

 Field. 



Capt. C. J. Kendall, R.LM. 



Mr. R, 

 Mr. J. 



B. Wood, I.C.S. 

 McGIashan, C.E. 



Mr. E, Gray, I.C.S. 



