Bombay Natural History Society. 



SPECIAL APPEAL. 



Sir, 



The Committee appeal for d onations towards a special fund which they are 

 s to raise to employ one or more trained Europeans to make a systematic 

 ion of the Mammals of India, Burma and Ceylon. 



Our Society possesses only a few specimens of mammais, and it is recognized 

 embeis themselves have neither the time nor the leisure to collect and prepare 

 ically such specimens. 



Practically no systematic collection of the mammals of India has been made 

 :he time of Hodgson, Horsfield, Elliot, Sykes, Jerdon and Blanford, so that 

 j undoubtedly a great field for research open to our Society if only sufficient 

 are forthcoming. A few private volunteers, Col. Ward, Major Dunn, Major 

 ±, Mr. Whitehead and others, have lent a helping hand in recent years, but, 

 ;s in this manner has been necessarily very slow. 



t will be readily understood that such extra expense cannot be met from the 

 y income of the Society, but as a commencement the Committee have 

 zed one collector being engaged for a period of six months, and they earnestly 

 at members and others will respond freely to this appeal and enable a fund of 

 ooo being raised, which sum it is estimated will be required for the expenses 

 oying two trained collectors for a period of two years. 



Lll specimens obtained will belong to the Society, 



Ioney collected for this subject will be kept separate from the Society's 

 y funds, and all donations will be acknowledged in the Society's Journal. 



Ir. Oldfield Thomas and Mr. R. C. Wroughton, of the Natural History 

 n, South Kensington, have kindly agreed to identify specimens for our 

 and to describe any new species or variety discovered in our Journal. 



rhe Committee hope also to be able to present some specimens to the 

 il Collection which is sadly deficient and also to other Museums. In 

 :e to the former Mr. Oldfield Thomas, who is in charge of the Mammal 



