568 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY, Vol. VIII. 
Contributions. Description. Contributor. 
1 Porcupine, Stuffed ......«./Diodon bystrix....«...00-.-+--| Mr. Esoofali Hiptoola, 
2 Painted Snipe ...-c0...00 - |Rhynchea bengalensis oo0000 Hon. W. T. O’Brien. 
AP Ble Wer omy) ccescceeseceress--|ATGES CIMNETCA | .cecstcecsssseccrs Do. 
1 White-eyed Pochard ccocee{ HF ULISMIA NYLOCA secsceee ere ec .| Mr. N, 8S. Simons. 
1 Purple Coot ..... Gonca0s0000e0 Porphyrio po ocepaalus Do. 
1 Snake ...... sdeapdgbasseresssaces/LiViCOCOM aulliCus) meeiaemeeress| EEE Le ‘Gibbs. 
1 Spotted Owlet . .|Carine brama ..... cecccecceecee| Mr. W. H. Major. 
2 Long-tailed Tree. ” “Mice 
(alive) .......ssceccccsseeee-.| VaNueleuria Cleracea os....... Mr. Page. 
1 Albino Squirrel... (|Sciurus palmarum .........006 Mr. M. Meling. 
4 Kegs of White Scavenger 
Vulture .. ae -ee|Neophron ginginianus ss... Lieut. H. E. Barnes, 
2 Hees of White-tailed | "Sea 
Beedle oe eidador -.|Poliogetus ichthy2tus......... Do. 
1 Starling (alive)... Benbeceets eooee/SCUIDUS VUIGATIS ....-2.sseceeee Mr. M. C. Turner. 
2 Jedbos (alive) . .....sceeeee Alactaga indica ......... Scand Do. 
The Bones of the great In- 
dian Fin Whale...... vee---|Baloenoptera indica ...s0e...| Mr. W. F. Sinclair, C.S, 
2 Fishing Cats (alive) ...... Felis viverrina......... saacdiDo0e Mr. T. 8. Brumby. 
1 Civet Cat (alive) ............ Viverra civettina.. Mr. G. K. Wasey. 
12 Snakes Clive)....00.......0 (Silybura macrolepis, Cylin- 
drophis rufus ...c.cce So0bo06 Mr. C. E. Kane. 
A Collection of Birds’ Skins, 
from Mysore .........« Gabeel oe Jul k uN deieseiies Mr. P. H. Lee. 
1 Snake socccecsecssceecee--.|allophis trimaculatus .....| Dr. K. RB. Kirtikar. 
1 Leopard’s Skin 999900868 000006 Felis pardus .......-..sse00..-..| Mr. E. G. Farquharson, 
R.E. 
I Wigeon (alive)........sse0v- Mareca penelope ...............| Mr. B. G. Buchanan, R.A, 
UPBIACK MIS csccceccccsessconsoes Inocotis papillosus .. ccccccooeee| Mr, A. C. Walker. 
1 Snake es ecscecccsccsocsaccoceacee ..|Zamenis fasciatus cgasaoe a Mr. Cc. E. Kane. 
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE LIBRARY. 
Illustrations of the Botany of the Himayalan Mountains and of the Flora 
of Cashmere (Royle), from Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie. 
Illustrations of the Forest Flora of the North-West Provinces and ‘Caintral 
India (Brandis), from Colonel Kenneth Mackenzie. 
Stray Sport, Vols. I and II (J. Moray Browne), from the author. 
A number of back parts of the Society’s Journal, Major Selby, R.E. 
Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol. V, in exchange. 
PAPERS READ. 
The following papers were then read:—(1) On new and little-known 
Hymenoptera, from India, Burma, and Ceylon, by Major C. T. Bingham, 
F.Z.S.; (2) The genus Psilotum Sw, in India, by Dr. D. Prain; (3) On 
the Brow-antlered Deer or Thamin, by Charles F. Gilbert, C. E. ; ‘® Odd 
Notes, by Vet.-Major G. F. Pomen, C.V.D. 
PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON 13TH FEBRUARY, 1894, 
The annual general meeting of this Society took place on Tuesday, the 13th 
February, Mr. G. W. Vidal, I.C.S., presiding. 
