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Contribution. Description. Contributor, 
1 Pintail Green Pigeon a Spenocercus apicicauda mi Lt. W. G. Nisbett. 
1 PIOOLSA ccorsecscscecvereevee CNIS CATINGLA +0... e000 saerecne Capt. Ff. W. Townsend. 
1 Night-Jar...ccc...-so00 cece. Caprimulyus asiaticus 0 Mr, J.G. Counsell, 
1 Wild Cat (alive) .c....0e Melis CRAUS ...+006 acognoorcace -- Dr, 8. G. Ranaday. 
2 White-faced Stiff-tailed Hrismatura leucucephala... Capt. C. D. Lester. 
Ducks. 
1 White-eyed Tit ........00. | Zosterops pal pebrosG ce. ul Mrs. L. Burns. 
1 Grey Hornbill.,....-........ Ocyceris DITVStTIS....00006 -. Mrs. Duff. 
1 White-breasted Water--- Amaurornis phenicurus ... Lieut. Fitzroy. 
Hen. | P. & O. 8.8, Pekin. 
UL (Oilaytnees REN Gosscesocosogog) 1 Concene | Do. . 
1 Water Cock .........00. we) Gallicrex cinered ay ee Do. 
1 Mr. J. D. Inverarity, 
Oyster Catcher ......... we) Hemaropus ostralegus...... JD ; 
MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Mrs. Bourdilion, Mr, G. W. Taylor, Mr. Littlewood, Mr. A. Spillines 
Mr, F. G, Hutchinson, Mr. G. H, Laxton, Mr, J. Stiven, Mr, W. F. Jardine, 
Mrs, Hawks, Mr, W. Brady, Mr. R. V, Marathe, and Mr. H. W, Beveridge, 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY.— 
The Student's Flora of New Island, by Thomas Kirk bod ..-Hrom the Autbor 
A Hand-list of the Genera and Species of Birds. Vol.1. (Bowdler 
Sharpe) ... oe coe ove 250 ono 500 -.-From the Author. 
Catalogue of'the Lepidoptera (Phalenz) i in the AuK Museum ...In exchange. 
The Fishes of North and Middle America (Jordon, Evermann). 
Vols, II. and III. soc 20 Bde In exchange. 
The Geology of Baroda State, by Rh ne uce bees ae see ..-From the Author. 
Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Vol. I. Part I1.... «1 exchange. 
Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de St, Petersbourg, 1899, Nos, i 
and 2 200 sco con ons ..1m eXchange. 
Major H. G. C. Swayne, R. E, ena a black buck’s ney which was 
struck obliqvely by a bullet, pneu half way up, and torn completely off the 
core, The animal was so stunned that 1t was unable tomove, and remained 
for some time standing on the spot, i 
Colonel T, Freeman exhibited the !arve of a beetle which attacks the wild 
almond trees (Prunus eburnea) on the hills round Ziarat,40 miles north-east of 
Quetta, §,000 feet above the sea, A specinen of the beautiful gum exuded 
by this tree was also shown, 
PAPERS READ. 
The following papers were read and discussed :—(1) Description of two new 
lizards from Selangor, by G.A, Boulenger, F, R. 8.; (2) The Coccide of Ceylon, 
by E. Ernest Green, F. E. 8, ; (8) Yak shooting in Thibet, by Edgar Phelps ; (4) 
Notes on Somaliland, by Captain P, Z.C x ; (5) Fishing in Indian waters, Part 
V., by F. O. Gadsden, R. I, M. ; (6) Hints to beginn+rs on collecting specimens 
of Natural History, Part I., by E. Comber ; (7) Geographical races of the 
Banting, the ‘“*Sapi ” of the Malay Peninsula, by A. L, Butler, F. Z, 8. 
