CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Monthly General Meeting ... ... ... ... ... 1 



Presentations .. ... ... * ... ... ... ih. 



Election of Members ... ... ... ... ... ... ib. 



Mr. G. W. Kiichler appointed Treasurer of the Society... ... ... 2 



Elliott Prize for Scientific Research ... ... ... ... ih. 



Snrgeon-Major A. Alcock exhibited some remarkable Deep Sea Animals and 



made remarks on their distribution ... ... ... ... ^6 



Papers — 



1. Ttco Copper-plate grants of Batnapdla of Pragjyotisa in Asdm. — By 



Dr. A. F. R. HoERNLE, C I.E. (Title only) ... ' ... ... 4 



2. On the Seasonal change of Plumage in the male of the Purple Honey- 

 auclcer (Arachnecthra Asiatica) and of an analogous American bird, the yellow- 

 winged 8\igar-bird (Coereba cyanea) with exhibition of specimens — By F. Finn, 

 B.A., F.Z.S., Deputy Superintendent of the Indian Museum. (Title only) ... ib. 



3. On a Eain-ceremony from the District of Murshidabad, Bengal, — By 

 (J'arat Candra Mitra, M.A., B.L., Corresponding Member of the Anthropological 

 Society of Bombay. Communicated by the Anthropological Secretary, (Title 

 only) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ib. 



4. On a fragment of a Manuscript of Aryadeva's work from Nepal. — By 

 Pandit ITaraprasad (^astri, M.A. (Title only) ... ... ... ib. 



5. Note on the Long-Snouted Whip-Snake, ivith exhibition of specimen and 

 draiving. — By F. Finn, B.A., F.Z.S., Deputy Superintendent of the Indian 

 Museum. (Title only) ... ... ... ... ... 5 



6. On Taboo and Customs connected therewith amongst the Santals. — By 

 The Rev. P. 0. Bodding, Mohulpahari, Santal Parganas. (Abstract) .. ib. 



7. Note on the occurrence in India of the Dwarf Goose (Anser erythropus) 

 icith exhibition of living specimen. — By F. Finn, B.A., F.Z.S., Deputy 

 Superintendent of the Indian Mtiseum ... ... ... ... 6 



8. Contribution from the Chemical Laboratory, Presidency College, Calcutta. 

 On douhle Bisulphafe of Copper and Sodium. — By Candra Bhusan Bhaduri, 

 B.A., and Jyoti Bhusan Bhaduri, M.A., Prem Cand Roy Cand Scholar. 

 Communicated by Alex. Pedler, F.R.S. (Abstract) ... ... ... 7 



9. An Annotated List of the Butterflies of the K4 Isles. — By Lionel de 

 Niceville, F.E.S., C.M.Z.S., &c., AND Heinrich KiJHN. . (Title only) ... 8 

 Library ... ... ... ... ... .. ... ib. 



LIST OF BOOKS FOR SALE 



at the library of the 



Asiatic Society of -pENGAL, 



No. 67, PARK STREET, CALCUTTA, 



AND OBTAINABLE FROM 



THE SOCIETY'S AGENTS, MESSRS. LUZAC AND CO., 



46, Great Russell Streei^ London, W. C, and 



Mr. Otto Harrassowitz, Bookseller, Leipzig, Germany. 



Complete copies of those works marked with an asterisk * cannot he supplied — some 

 of the Fasciculi being out of stock, 

 BIBLIOTHECA INDICA. 

 Sanskrit Series. 

 Advaita Brahma Siddhi, (Text) Fasc. I— iV @ /6/ each ... Rs. 1 8 



»Agni Parana (Text) Fasc. IV— XIV (g/6/ each .. ... 4 2 



Aitareya Aranyaka of the Rig Veda, (Text) Fasc. I — V @ /6/ each ... 1 14 

 Aitareya Brahmana Vol. I, Fasc. I — V j and Vok II, Fasc. I — V 

 Vol. Ill; Fasc. I— IV, Vol. IV. Fasc. 1-3 @ /6/ ... ,., 6 12 



{Continued on third page of cover.) 



