560 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL ETSTORY SOCIETY, 1892. 



" The Cauadlan Entomologist," No. 10, in exchange. 



A laro^e Photograph (framed) of a Python crushing a Monkey, from Mr. W. R. 



Woodrow. 



A steel engraving of Charles Darwin, from Mr. H. M. Phipson. 



" Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh," Vol. XVIII.. in exchange. 



" Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society," Vol. IV., in exchange. 



LIFE MEMBERS. 



Mr. IT. M. Phipson gave notice that at the next meeting he would propose that 

 the following be added to the rules of the Society : — " Any member may, on pay- 

 ment of Rs. 150, become a Life Member of the Society, ;;nd will thereafter be exempt 

 from any further subscriptions." 



Mr. Phipson considered that it was of the utmost importance, for the permanent 

 welfare of the Society, that a Reserve Fund should be formed, and he hoped that 

 those members who were likely to remain in India for some time, and also those 

 who wished to continue to receive the Journal after thej' had left the country, would 

 avail themselves of this rule. 



THE BULBULS OP NORTH CACHAR. 



The third part of Mr. E, C. Stuart Baker's series on the " Bulbuls of North 

 Caohar " was also read, and the sketches by the author were much admired. The 

 birds described in this part of the paper were the Himalayan Black Bulbal (Hijpsi- 

 petes psaroides), and the Bengal Red-Whiskered Bulbul {Otocomi^sa eineria), an excel- 

 lent illustration of which will appear in the ne^t number of the Journal. 



THE POISONOUS PLANTS OF BOMBAY. 



Surgeon-Major K. R. Kirtikar read the third part of his paper on the above subject 

 ■which is now appearing in the Society's Journal, illustrated by means of coloured 

 IDlates, executed in Loudon, from sketches drawn from life by Mr. Isaac Benjamin, of 

 the School of Art, Bombay. The particular plant referred to in this part of the 

 series was Pythonium wallichianum, and specimens of it were exhibited. The 

 bulb is exceedingly acrid, but the flower-stalks are largely used as an article of food 

 in the neighbourhood of Bombay. Unless they are boiled for a long time, they are 

 apt to cause violent irritation in the mouth and throat, and consequently are gene- 

 rally eaten in conjunction with the fruit of the Kdkad ((?arM(/a^Jn?ia^a)j the acid 

 quality of which counteracts the acrid properties of the flowei'-stalks. 



A vote of thanks to Dr. Kirtikar for his interesting paper was passed, and the 

 meeting ended, 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING HELD ON 21st DECEMBER, 1892, 



The usual monthly meeting of this Society took place on Wednesday, the 21st 

 December, Mr. J. Wallace, C.E., presiding. 



NEW MEMBERS. 

 The following gentlemen were elected members of the Society: — Mr. J. E, 

 Whiting, C.E. (Bombay), Lieut. H. P. E. Parker (Hyderabad, Sind), Mr. L". €• 



