CONTENTS. 



P«ye 



Monthly General Meeting ... .. ... ... .♦• 55 



Presentations ... ... ... ... ... •• ^b. 



Election of Members .. ... -.. •• '^. 



Withdrawal of Memlsers ... ... ... ... ... i^' 



Death of a Member 



Election of various Committees 



Presentation of a Coin ... ... ... ... ... 56 



Px'oposal to have a photograph of Mr. E. Blyth prepai'ed for the Society ... ib. 



Exhibition of a collection of copies of tattooed designs ... ... ih. 



Papers : — 



1. On specimens of tivo Mauritian Birds in tlte collection of ;/ .i.-.j.w 



3ociety.^By F. Finn, B.A.,F,Z.S. (Title only) 



2. On hybrids hetmeen the gwinea-fowl and common-fowl. — By F. Finx, B.A., 



F.Z.S. (Title only) ... ... ... ... 57 



3. "Notes on animals kept in the Alipur Zoological Garden, No. 1. — By Rai 



Bahadur Ram Brahma Sanyal. (Title only) ... ... ih. 



4. On the origin of Chess. — By Major H. (Jr. Raverty. Commnnicated by 



the Philological Secretary. (Title only) ... ... ... ih. 



* 



LIST OF BOOKS FOR SALE 



at the library of the 

 Asiatic Society of Bengal, 



No. 57, PARK STREET^ CALCUTTA, 



AND OBTAINABLE FROM 



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



46, Great Russell Street, London, W. C, and 

 Mr. Otto Harkassowitz, Bookseller, Leipzig, Germany. 



Complete copies of those works marked with an asterisk * cti'n'not fee supplied— s< rne 

 of the Fascic^di being out of stock, 

 BIBLIOTHECA INDICA. 

 Sanskrit Series. 



Advaita Brahma Siddhi, (Text) Fasc. 1-4 @ /6/ eficK ... Hs. I S 



Advaita Chinta Kaistabh, Fase. 1 ... ... ... ... 6 



• A gni Piirana, (Text) Fasc. 4-14 @/6/ each ... .. ... 4 2 



Aitareya Brahmana Vol. I, Fasc. 1-5 and Vol. II, Fase. 1-5, 



Vol. Ill, Fasc. 1-5, Vol. IV. Fase. 1-5 @ /&/ ... ... 7 8 



Ann Bhasyam, (Text) Fasc. 1-5 @ /6/ each ... ... ... 1 14 



Aphoi-isnis of Sandilya, (English) Fasc. 1 ... ... ... 12 



Astasahaerika Prajnaparamita, CText) Fasc. 1-6 @ /6/ each ... 2 4 



A ^vavaidyaka, (Text) Fasc. 1-5 (g /6/ each ... ... ... 1 14 



Avadana Kalpalata, (Sans. & Tibetan) Vol. I, Fasc. 1-5; Vol. 11, 



Fasc. 1-5 (g 1/ each ..-. ... ... ... ... 10 



*BhamatI, (Text) Fasc. 4-8 (g /6/ each ,., ... ... 1 14 



Bhatta DIpika Vol. I, Fasc. 1-3 ... ... ... ... 1 2 



Bodhicaryavatem of Cantidevi, Fasc. 1 ... . . B 



Brhaddevata, (Text) Fasc. 1-4 (g/6/ each ... ' ... 1 8 



Brhaddharma Parana, (Text) Fasc. 1-6 @ /6/ each . • ... 2 4 



Catalogue of Sanskrit Books and Manuscripts Faso. 1-3 (g 2/ each ..6 



Qatapatha Brahmana, Fasc. 1-5 ... ... ... ... 1 14 



•Cati:rTarga Chintauiani, (Text) Vols. II, 1-25 ; III, Part I, Fasc. 



1-18, Part II, Fasc. 1-10 (g /6/ each ... ... ...19 14 



Catasuhaseika Prajnaparimita Fasc. 1-2 (Text) @ /6/ each ... 12 



giokavartika, (English) Fasc. 1-2 @ lUJ each ... ... ... 1 8 



•Qrauta Sutra of Apastamba, (Text) Fasc. 4-16 @ /6/ each ... 4 14 



Ditto ^Jinkhayana, (Text) Vol. I, Fasc. 1-7; Vol. II, Fasc. 



1-4, Vol. Ill, Fasc. 1-4 @ /6/ each ... ... 5 10 



gri Bhashyam, (Text) Fasc. 1-3 @ /6/ each ... ... ... 1 2 



Gadadhara Paddhati Kalasara Vol. I, Fasc. 1-3 ... ... ... 1 . 2 



KalaMadhava, (Text) Fasc. 1-4 @/6/ each ... ... ... 1 8 



(Continued on third page of over.) 



