PROCEEDINGS. 



637 



Contributions. 



Description. 



Contributors. 



1 Head of Coke's Harte- 

 beest, female. 



1 Tree Pit-Viper (alive) 



2 Himalayan Black Sears, 



juv. (^alive). 

 1 White-breasted Water 



Hen, juv. (alive). 



1 Snake (alive) jav , 



1 Snake (alive)...* ,..., 



1 Snake (alive) 



1 Musk Deer, juv 



Bulalis CoJiei 'Mr. T. J. S 



pooner. 



Trimeresuru* gramineus Do. 



Utsus torquatus Mr. C. Donald. 



Amaurornis phaenicurus. 



Lycodon striaUis .... 

 Dipsas hexagcnvtus. 

 Siinotes aliocinctus. 

 MosTius mosehiferus. 



Mr. F. G. Hutchinson, 



Mr. T J. Spooner. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Mr. C. Donald. 



MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS. 



From Mrs. S. B. Arthur, Dr. M. D. Cama, Mr. Narotamdas Morarji Goculdas 

 and Mr. H. Ilaya. 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 



'' The Flora of the Presidency of Bombay," Part II, by Theodore Cooke, 

 C.I.E., presented by tht Author. 



" Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India," Vol. XXXIII, Part 2. (Id 

 exchange.) 



EXHIBITS. 



The large Sword Fish {^EistiopJiorus sp.), caught by Mr. C. J. I, Jones 

 (R. I. M, S. "Canning ") off the Laccadive Islands, and presented to the Society 

 some few months ago, was now shown mounted for the Society's Museum. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read: — " Note on the Himalayan Nutcracker, 

 {NuG'fraga hemispila),''* by General \V. Osborn, I.S.C. ; and " Notes on Plants 

 introduced into the Victoria Gardens," by C. D. Mahaluxmivala. 



