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The coloured drawings have been done by Mr. G. E. Lodge from Indian 
specimens in the Hume Collection at the British Museum, and Mr, Ogilvie 
Grant and Mr, E. Comber (the Secretary of the Society’s Bird and ‘Mammal 
Section) have kindly supervised the sketches. The expense of the coloured 
illustrations is so heavy that the Committee hope that the members will try 
and induce their friends to join the Society, and so enable them to continue 
publishing these costly plates which are so greatly appreciated. 
SPECIAL VOTE OF THANKS. 
A special vote of thanks was passed to Mr, Charles Maries for his valuable 
contribution of more than a hundred bird skin, many of which were new 
to the Society’s collection, 
THE LATE Mr, W. F. SINCLAIR. 
Mr. E, H. Aitken said :—I think that this meeting might fittingly place on 
record some expression of its sense of the loss that the Society has sustai:.ed 
by the death of Mr, W. F, Sinclair, of the Civil Service, who retired only a 
few years ago. He must have been well known to some of those present 
to-night, and his name must be familiar to all, He was one of the oldest 
members of the Society, having joined it not long after it was started, and 
he was assuredly one of the most valuable, for to his keen interest in almost 
all branches of natural history he added extensive and accurate knowledge, 
amazing industry, and an uncommon gift of writing in an interesting way. 
The peculiar character of this Society exactly suited the genius of Mr, 
Sinclair, for, while his science was accurate and sound, his treatment of 
the subjects he wrote on was always popular and extremely interesting, The 
following is a rough list of the papers, both long articles and brief notes, 
which he contributed to our Journal :—In the first three volumes appeared 
those admirable papers on the “ Waters of Western India,’ which were so 
much enjoyed at the time and will bear reading over and over again, In 
the fourth volume he had two similar papers—“ A Creek of the Konkan ” 
and “ Down the Coast.” In the fifth there was an article on the “ Physical 
Geography of the neighbourhood of Bombay” anda review of some “ New 
Books on Indian Zoology.’ Afterwards he gave us the following :— 
“Shingle and Shells from the Beach”’; “ Up a Hill ”’; “ Food of the Flying 
Fox”; ‘‘ Notes on Indian Breeds of Dogs”; ‘‘ Moonlight Shadows”; “The 
Habits of the Coopersmith ” ; ‘‘ The Gloriosa superba” ; ‘‘ A Single Valve of 
Tridacna squamosa”’ ; ‘‘ The Great Scaly Clam from Thana Creek” ; “ The 
Snake Bird” ; “Small Deer’’; “ Fertilisation of the Vanilla Flower by Bees”’ ; 
“ Annelide Reefs ; ‘‘ Nua Vomica”; “ The Destructiveness of the Bandicoot 
Rat”; “ A Stranded Dolphin”; “The Destructive work of Termites”; ‘‘ Ele- 
phants’ Ankle Joints,” and some excellent reviews 0 works on natural history. 
And while his fertile pen enriched our Journal, his liberality enriched our 
library, and his industry our collections, When he was at Alibag the constant 
stream of specimens which flowed in from Mr, Sinclair was alu. ost an embar- 
rassment to even our indefatigable Secretary. Skins, eggs, bones, shells, 
