398 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. XIIE, 
PAPERS READ. 
The following papers were then read and discussed :— 
1. Note on a Whooper Swan (Cygnus musicus) shot by General W. Osborn, 
I.S.C., on the River Beas, Hoshiarpur District, Punjab, by E. H. Aitken, 
2. The White-breasted Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) in captivity, by 
E. W. Harper, F.Z.S8. 
3. Indian Termites, by Major G, S. Rodon. 
4. Can a Cobra eject its poison? by Captain M, D, Goring Jones, 
Mr, Aitken gave some notes on birds, not usually found in or near Bombay, 
which have appeared this year, owing no dqubt to the want of water and 
food in Guzerat and the Deccan, and on others, which have been unusually 
abundant for the same reason. The following species were mentioned : 
—The Indian Roller (“ Blue Jay”); The European Roller ; The Indian 
Magpie; The Indian Wheatear ; The White-breasted Kingfisher; The 
Bank Myna; The Ringdove; The Little Brown Dove ; The Sociable 
Lapwing ; The Sarus Crane ; The Demoiselle Crane (Kullu) ; and several] 
Ducks, ¢.g., the Mallard and Spotted balled Duck, 
