PROCEEDINGS. 157 



for 1894 — in exchange. Records of the Greological Survey of India, Part II, 

 Vol, XXVIII— in exchange, 



THE LATE LIEUT. H, E. BAENES. 



The Honorary Secretary stated that the Society has suffered a serious loss 

 in the death of Lieutenant H, E. Barnes, F.Z.S,, who had been a most valuable 

 contributor to the Journal for the last eight years. All ornithologists were 

 well acquainted with the excellent work done by this gentleman, and as the 

 author of that most useful handbook entitled the " Birds of Bombay," 

 Lieutenant Barnes had earned an extensive reputation as an enthusiastic natu- 

 ralist and a careful observer. The important series of papers on " Nesting in 

 Western India," which were written for the Society's Journal by Lieutenant 

 Barnes, commenced in No, 4, vol. iii, and were concluded in No. 3, vol. vi. 

 The beautiful illustrations of nests and eggs which accompanied these papers 

 were all from drawings made by the author. It was resolved that the sympa- 

 thies of the meeting should be conveyed to Mrs. Barnes in a letter of 

 condolence. 



THE JOURNAL. 



The Honorary Secretary stated that No. 4 of vol. ix of the Society's Jour- 

 nal was now being distributed to the members, and that No. 5, containing the 

 Index and four additional coloured plates, would shortly be published. The 

 volume would then be completed and would consist of 510 pages with 25 full- 

 size illustrations. The cost of producing the Journal had been considerably 

 increased of late, owing to the import duty charged on the plates which were 

 printed in England. The accounts showed that the Society had spent 

 Rs. 8,663 on the Journal during 1894, compared with Rs. 5,793 in 1893, but 

 the large increase in up- country members proved that the money had been well 

 spent and that the results were appreciated. As the revenue of the Society 

 increased, the scope of the Journal would be still further enlarged, and mem- 

 bers who were not in a position to assist in other ways might draw the atten- 

 tion of their friends to the Journal with a view of inducing them to become 

 members of the Society. Considering that the subscription was only Rs. 15 

 per annum and that there were very few Englishmen in this country who did 

 not tak^ an intex'est in some branch of Natural History, there appeared to be 

 no reason why the growth and usefulness of the Society should not be very 



greatly extended. 



PAPERS READ. 



The following papers were then read and discussed :— (1) Shooting Ovis polH 



on the Pamirs, by Baron Edmond de Poncins; (2) Birds of the Nilgiri Districts, 



by A. G. Cardew, I.C.S. ; (3) Field Notes with the Ohitral Relief Force, by 



Major W. St. John Richardson ; (4) Snakes found in Travancore, by H. S. 



Ferguson, F.Z.S. ; (5) Do Ants produce Audible Sounds? by Robert. C. 



Wroughton ; (6) Seeds germinating in a Hen's Egg, by Mrs, Pechey-Phipson, 



M. D. 



