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kindly promised to continue to send specimens shot at different periods of 

 the year with a view to ascertaining any seasonal colour variation in these 

 animals. 



Amongst various additions to our bird collection are two very fine exam- 

 ples of the Goosander by Capt. A. S. Brooke, Grharwal. Contributions to 

 our collection of Reptilia include 9 snakes from Mrs. Jackson and a 

 Black-barred Cat Snake from Dr. Ahlquist, Tura, Assam ; a Diamond-backed 

 Rat Snake from Peshawar from Mr. Makeig-Jones ; a Banded Coral Snake 

 from Lt. B. H. Hayes, Maymyo ; and 9 frogs from Mr. F. J. Mitchell, 

 Srinagar, Kashmir. 



Prof. F. Hallberg read some Notes, illustrated with photographs, on the 

 plants of North Canara. 



A vote of thanks was passed to Professor Hallberg for his interesting 

 paper and for the excellent photographs exhibited by him. 



