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PROCEEDINGS 

 OF THE MEETING HELD ON 14th SEPTEMBER 1920. 



A meeting of members of the Bombay Natural History Society and their 

 friends took place on Tuesday, the 14th September 1920, Mr. P. Ludlow, F.E.S., 

 presiding. The election of the following 15 members since the last meet- 

 ing was announced : — 



Mr. E. G. Newman, Bombay ; Major T. A. Campbell, Jubbulpore, C. P.; 

 Capt. J. B. deW. Molony, LM.S., Sehore, C. I. ; Mr. H. H. King, Soudan ; Lt. 

 G.F. Heaney, R.E., Roorkee, U. P. ; Maharaj Kumer Ranjit Singh of Lunawada 

 State ; Major J. deB. T.Lucas, R.F.A., Ambala, Punjab ; Mr. D. L. SteAvart, 

 Jalj)aiguri; Mr. John D. Tyson, I.C.S., Calcutta; Mr. F. J. Lowman, Jalpaiguri; 

 Major D. L. R. Lorimer, CLE., LA., Loralai ; Major H. D. Mclaughlin, Indore ; 

 Capt. H. 0. Godding, R.A.M.C., Mesopotamia; Mr. C. S. Hitchins, Draban, 

 N. W. F. P.; Mr. E. W. Fleming, Myi tinge, Upper Burma. 



LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS. 



Mammals. 



3 Golden-backed Squirrels (Sciurus caniceps), 2 Giant Squirrels {Rotufa sp,), 

 2 Black-backed Squirrels {Sciurus atrodorsalis), 1 Striped Squirrel {Tamiops 

 sp.), 2 Little Malay Cheovrotains {Tragulus kanchil ravus), 1 Bat. Siam — Maj. 

 C. H. Stockley. 



1 Assam Red-faced Monkey (P. brahma), 2 Wild Dogs (C. dukhunensis), 



1 Hoary-bellied Squirrel {T. lokroides), 1 Grey's Civet (P. grayi), 1 Bengal Cat 

 {Felis bengalensis), 1 Bicolored Bat {H. bicolor), 1 Indian Pipistrelle [Pipistrellus 

 mimus), Naga Hills, Assam — J. P. Mills. 



2 Voles {Cricetulus sp.), 1 Indian Jackal (C. indicus), 2 Mole Rats {Gunomys 

 sp.). South Waziristan — Capt. C. M. Ingoldby. 



1 Persian Hedgehog {E. calUgoni), Baiji, Mespot. — Lt.-Col. H. D. Peile. 



1 Pigmy Shrew (C. perrotteti), Rangoon — Dr. H. Marshall. 



1 Wild Boar (fi*. cristatus),! Four-horned Antelope (T. quadricornis), 1 Common 

 Mongoose {Mungos mungo, var), Nepaul — Lt.-Col. R. L. Kenion. 



1 {Microtus sp.), Kaslmiir. 



1 Door Mouse — Dnjomys pictus, Cherat, N. W. F. P. — A. E. Jones, 1 Ground 

 Squirrel (P. pennanti) Halka, N. W. Himalayas — A. E. Jones. 



1 Black-naped Hare (L. ingricollis), Kurla, Bombay — D. A. Barretto. 



2 Photographs of malformed heads of Lesser Kudhu {S. imberbis), E. Africa — 

 Lt.-Col. C. E. Luard. 



1 Konkan Mole Rat (0. kok), Coonoor, Nilgiris — The Director, Pasteur 

 Institute. 



4 Pallas' Squirrels (C. erythrams), 1 Hoary-bellied Squirrel {Tomentes sp.), 



2 Fruit Bats {Cynopterus sphinx), 6 Yellow Bats {8. kuhli), 5 Pipistrellus 

 sp., Golaghat, Assam — C. M. Primrose. 



Birds. 



1 Grey Peacock Pheasant (P. chinquis), 2 Burmese Silver Pheasants (6^. 

 lineatus), 2 Ferrugineus Wood Partridge (C oculea), 1 Pink-necked Green 

 Pigeon, Siam' — Major C. H. Stockley. 



4 Burmese Albino Doves, Burma — Mrs. R. B. Kerrigan. 



Eggs. 



3 Eggs of Chukor Paitridge (C. chukor), N. Persia— Capt. J. N. List. 

 3 Eggs of Common Myna [A. tristis). Bombay — D. F. Lobo. 



2 Eggs of Lesser Florican {S. aurita), Rajkot — Kathiawar Police Agency 



