56 List of Committees. [April, 



Finance and Visiting Committee. 



Dr. T. Blocb, Mr. F. Finn, Mr. E. A. Gait, Mr. J. D. Nimmo, 

 Mr. F. E. Pargiter, Mr. H. H. Risley, Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad 

 Shastri. 



Library Committee. 



Dr. T. Bloch, Mr. D. Hooper, Mr. C. W. McMinn, The Hon. Dr. 

 Asutosh Mukerjee, Mr F. Finn, Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad 

 Shastri, Mr. E. Thornton. 



Philological Committee. 



Manlavi Ahmad, Dr. T. Bloch, Babu Pratap Chandra Ghosh, 

 Shams-ul-Ulama Mahomed Shaikh Gilani, The Hon. Dr. Asutosh 

 Mukerjee, Mr. F. E. Pargiter, Major D. C. Phillott, Pandit Satyavrata 

 Samasrami, Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri, Mahamaho- 

 padhyaya Chandra Kanta Tai kalanker. Dr. G. Thibaut, Babu Nagendra 

 Nath Vasu, Mr. A. Venis, Lt.-Ool. L. A. Waddell, Dr. E. D. Ross. 



Coins Committee, 



Lt.-Col. D. S. E. Bain, Dr. T. Bloch, The Hon. Mr. J. A. Bourdillon, 

 Babu Panchanan Mukerjee, Mr. F. E. Pargiter, Mr. E. Thurston, 

 Mr. M. J. Seth. 



The Secretary reported the presentation of one silver coin from the 

 Honorary Secretary, Bombay Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, found in 

 the Ahmedabad District. 



Major Alcock in course of conversation referred to the desirability 

 of having a photograph of Mr. E. Blyth prepared for the Society. It was 

 suggested that it would be interesting to have portraits of other distin- 

 guished members. It was decided to ask the Council to consider the 

 matter. 



Mahamahopadhyaya Haraprasad Shastri exhibited a collection of 

 copies of tattooed designs. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. 0?i specimens of tiuo Mauritian Birds in the collection of the Asiatic 

 Society.— By F. Finn, B.A., F.Z.S. 



