Ixxx Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [June, 1907.] 



by Lieut. -Col. D. C. Phillott ; and Dr. Miihammiid Ahdulla Al- 

 Mar)iu?i SuJirau'orthy, il.A., LL.D., proposed bj Mr. Hari Natb 

 De, seconded by Lieut. -Col. D. C. Phillott. 



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Tlie General Secretary read a letter from Dr. N. Annandale, 

 relative to liis paper on tbe Freshwater Polyzoa of India, pub- 

 lished in tbe '* Journal and Proceediugs" of the Society for Feb- 

 ruaiy, 1907: — 



" In my recent paper on the Freshwater Poljzoa of India I 

 stated {Journ. Asiat, Soc. Bengal, 1907, p. 92) that Hyatt's Pectina- 

 tella carteri had not been re-discoyered since its description. In 

 this I wns mistaken, for Dr. Stuhlman found statoblasts of the 

 same species in German East Africa in 1890 (Meissner ^^ Die 

 Moosthiere Oh Africas,'* 1895). Rousselet, who placed the species 

 in his new ge\\u^ LopJiopodell a, re-examined Carter's preparations 

 of statoblasts in the British Museum in 1904 {Joum. Quelcett 

 Micro. Gluh, 1904, p. 51). I am indebted to Mr. Rousselet for 

 a copy of his paper, but I have not been able to refer to Meissner's 

 work on the East African Polyzoa (or Bryozoa, as the Germans 

 prefer to call them). 



"I shall be mach obliged if you will insert this note in the 

 'Proceedings ' of the Society as soon as possible, for my former 

 statement is apt to mislead zoologists in India/* 



The following papers were taken as read : 



1. Note on the Shahin Falcon (Falco peregrinator and F. 

 barbarus). — By Lieut.-Colonel D. C. Phillott. 



This paper has been published in the Journal and Proceedings 

 for May 1907. 



2. An Abnormal Branch of the Mango (Mangifera Indica, 

 Linn.). — By I. H. Burkill and Girish Chandra Bose. 



3. Note on the Bed-headed Merlin (^salon chiquera). — By 



LlEUT.-COLONEL D. C. PhILLOTT, 



4. Some Pushtu Folk Tales collected by Mr. T). Donald, 



Commandant of the Border Military Police and Saman Bifles, 

 Kohat. 



5. Magnetic Induction in Spheroids. — Bv D. N. Mallick, 

 .A., B.bc. Communicated by the President. 



The fourth and the fifth papers will be published in a sub- 

 sequent number of the Journal, 



6. The fats of Garcinia species, — By D. Hoopek. 



This paper has been published in the Journal and Proceed- 

 ings in May 1907. 



7. A Fish trap from Northern Arahan. — By L H. Bdrkill. 



8. Note on the History of the Caste System.— By A. M. T. 



Jackson, I.C.S. - 



These papers will be published in a subsequent number of 



the Journal. 



