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MINOR CONTRIBUTIONS 



Were also acknowledged from Mr. B. S. Luard, Miss Baird, Mr, N. J. Burrows, 

 Mr. H. Bicknell, Mr. W. Webb, and Mr. B. Aitken :— 



CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIETY'S LIBRARY. 



Presented by 

 " Himalayan Journals," by Sir Joseph Hooker ... .., ... Mr. W. F.Sinclair. 

 " The Sportsman's Handbook to practical Collecting and 



Preserving Specimens and Trophies", by Rowland Ward, F. Z. The Author. 



Illustrations of North American Grasses, Vol. I., by Dr. g. ( ^^^ ^.- ®- ^®P*^- °^ 



Vasey .. ... i Agriculture, Wa- 



" " C shington. 



Annua] Report of the Fruit Growers' Association, and Entomo- < ^^^^ Ontario Dept. 

 logical Society of Ontario, 1891 ^ Toront^o 



" The Indian Forester," May and June In Exchange. 



Le Monde des Plantes, Nos. 8 and 9, by Mons. H. Leveille ... The Author. 

 The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1889, 



1890, and 1891 In Exchange. 



The Victorian Naturalist, Vol. IX, No. 1 ... ... ... ... In Exchange. 



The Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXIV In Exchange. 



The Minutes of the N.-W. Provinces and Oudh, Provincial 



Museum, Lucknow In Exchange. 



" Sporting Sketches in South America," by Admiral Kennedy ... The Author. 



The Proceedings of the Linnsean Society of N, S. Wales In Exchange. 



The Proceedings of the Chemical Society ... ... ... ... Do. 



NOTES ON WILD DOGS, WILD BOARS, TIGERS, FOUR-HORNED 

 DEER, AND COBRAS. 



Mr. J. C. Anderson then read an interesting paper on the above subject by 

 Professor H. Littledale, B. A., of Baroda, and mentioned that one of the Wild Dogs 

 referred to had lately been presented by Mr. Littledale to the Victoria Gardens, 

 where she would be happy to show her teeth to anyone. 



The paper will be published in full in the Society's Journal. 



The usual meeting of the members of this Society took place on Thursday last, 

 the 29th September, Mr. Andrew Murray presiding. The following seventeen 

 new members were duly elected : — Miss Agnes E. Boorke (Bhownugger), Veterinary 

 Captain J. W. Morgan (Ahmednugger), Mr. E. T. Ansell (Bulsar), Lieutenant H. R. 

 Mead (Aden), Lieutenant R. M. Edwards (N. Lushali Hills), M.R. H. Heath (Mhow), 

 Mrs. J. R. Maconachie (Mooltan), Dr. H. L. Batliwalla (Bombay), Mr. R. Bignell 

 (Cooch-Behar), Mr. R. B. McCabe, C. S. (N. Lushai Hills), Mr. R. St. J. Hickman 

 (Cachar), the Administrator of the Rajpipla State, Mr. James Kenyon (Bombay), 

 Mr. C. W. Chitty (Bombay), Mr. A. W. H. Lee (Secunderabad), Mr, W. G. Windham 

 (Bombay), and Mr. J, G. Buchanan (Bombay), 



