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3^ feet at the shoulders, and is closely allied to both the goats and the antelopes. 

 It is found on the Mishmi Hills and Eastern Tibet, and this probably accounts for 

 the fact that it has so far escaped the attention of the Anglo-Indian sportsman. 



Major Ynle writes that the horns were found in a village in the Kutchin country, 

 two hundred miles north of Bhamo, and he was informed that the animal was not 

 found ia their country, but that the horns had been brought from a long way north, 

 and were worth about Rs. 20 a pair — a large sum for a Katchin to give. 



NOTES. * 



The following interesting notes were read: — "A Eare Snake (Psamniophis 

 longifrons), by the Rev. F. Drecktnann, S. J. ; Notes on the Nest and Eggs of Baza- 

 lophotes, by Mr. T. A. Hanxwell, and it was resolved that they should be published in 

 the Journal. 



RESOLUTION. 



Mr. J. C. Anderson proposed that the following resolution be passed and recorded 

 in the Society's Joi<r)?ai ; — " The members of the Bombay Natural History Society 

 desire to record their sense of the great loss which they have sustained in con- 

 sequence of the recent death of the late Mr. Cr. Carstensen, Superintendent, Victoria 

 Gardens, Bombay," Mr. Anderson said Mr. Carstensen, as a member of the 

 Executive Committee, had given the Society much valuable help and advice, and 

 had also contributed a number of interesting papers to the Society's Journal, amongst ■ 

 which he might mention : — " The Conditions lor the Distribution of Plants and the 

 means by which it is performed, with special regard to Indian' Species" ; " How to 

 facilitate the Study of Botany;" " Bombay Gardens ;" " Landscape Gardening in 

 Native States;" " Bombay Ferneries"; besides showing his interest in the Society 

 in many other ways. Mr. Carstensen was one of our few scientific botanists, and a 

 man of very considerable attainments, although his modest and retiring disposition 

 always concealed that fact. The wonderful improvements which had taken place 

 in the Victoria Gardens during his regime are, and will be, a standing testimony to 

 his great ability. 



Mr. Andrew Murray seconded the resolution, and after a few remarks it was put 

 to the meeting and carried unanimously. 



NOTES ON A VISIT TO THE ISLANDS OF RODRIQDEZ, MAURITIUS, 

 AND REUNION. 



Mr. Anderson then read a paper on the above su^-ject, by Rear-Admiral W. R. 

 Kennedy, in which, af oer giving a graphic description of the formation, produce, and 

 sport in these islands, Admiral Kennedy mentions that bones of the "Dodo" are 

 still to be found in some caverns on Rodriquez, and that he is bringing some of them, 

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

 Journal, 



A vote of thanks was passed to Rear-Admiral Kennedy for his interesting paper 

 and the meeting then terminated. 



