PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE MEETING HELD ON 23rd FEBRUARY, 1893. 
The usual monthly meeting of the members of this Society took place on Thursd wy 
the 23rd February, 1893, Dr. D. MacDonald presiding. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
The following new members were elected :— 
His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria d'Esté 
(Vienna), the Hon’ble Mr. A. C. Trevor (Bombay), Major C. B. Wilkieson (Bangalore), 
Mr. A. W. Turner (Devacolum), Mr. John A. Douglas (Bombay), Mr. H. 8. Jacob 
(Shohagpur), Mr. B. Bruce Foote (Baroda), Mr. A. Corrodi (Bombay), Mr. HE. H. 
Hankin (Agra), Mr. Henry Rodgers, M.R.C.V.S. (Bombay), Mr. R. St. J. Walley, 
M.R.C.V.S. (Bombay), Lieutenant-Colonel J. M. Hunter (Kathiawar), Mr. A. Conley 
(Bombay), Lientenant H. H. Nurse (Ahmedabad), Mr. T. R. Lawrence (Bombay), Dr. 
KE. H. Cooke, M.A., M.B. (Bhusawal), Surgeon-Major C. G. W. Lowdell (Poona, C. I.), 
Lieutenant R. W. Burton (Raichore), Mr. G. Bildt (Bombay), Mr. G. Bower, B.C.S. 
(Mirzapore), Mr. W. Fraser Biscoe (Secunderabad), Mr. W. D. Sheppard, C.S. (Kar- 
war), His Highness the Maharajah of Kolhapore, and Lieutenant G. E. Bruce 
(Rangoon). 
LiFE MEMBERS, _ ; 
The Honorary Secretary stated that the following members had availed themselves 
of the new Rule and had compounded their subscriptions for life :—(1) H. H. the 
Maharajah Scindia of Gwalior, (2) Mr. G. C. Whitworth, C.S., (3) Mr. K. R. Kama, 
(4) Mr. D.J. Tata, (5) Mr. H. M. Phipson, (6) 4.1. H. the Archduke of Austria, (7) 
Mr. Bomonjee D, Petit, (8) Major H. D. Olivier, R.E., (9) H. H. the Maharajah of 
Kolhapore, (10) Major Gerald Martin, (11) Mr. J. M. Coode. 
CONTRIBUTIONS DURING JANUARY, 
The Honorary Secretary acknowledged having received the following contributions 
since the last meeting :-— 
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Contribution. Description, | Contributor. 
Se eR ee at aa ae 
1 Snake (alive) paotobe A seee»| Simotes russellii......,...ee. Mr. P. Benn. 
1 Large Scorpion ..... Col. D. Robertson. 
fe Sake onssecessceee eee Trimeresurusnamallensis ... Do 
1 Short-nosed Fruit Bat ... Cynopterus marginatus......! Mr. W. George. 
Snake) waccacseeece see Vipera russellit\ ...2) ssee..| Mir. Bee Elsworthy. 
1 Red Spur Fowl 
sssreeeeeeoe| Galloperdix spadiceus ......! Capt. P. L. Cox. 
A number of Butterflies ...| From SiNGApoOre ...e02.+-++e.0e| Miss N. Prentice. 
4 Golden Orioles ........... | Stuffed and mounted in 
CASE cecvcese 
Mr. C. Maries. 
3 Eggs of the Ring-tailed 
Fishing Kagle............| Haliactus leucoryphres......| Mr. M. D. Mackenzie. 
2 Eggs of the Grey-backed 
Sea Eagle s+-ssereeeeeeee] Haliactus leucogaster ...... Mr. E. A. Bulkley. 
1 Indian Monitor (alive) ...} Varanus bengalensis ,........| Dr. D. A. d’Monte. 
