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CONTENTS. 



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Ordinary Monthly Meeting held in December, 1874, 239 



Muhammadan Silver coins received from W. Duthoit, Esq., C. S. . . ih. 

 Note on two apparently undescribed species of Goat from Northern 

 India and a new species of Dove from the Nicobar Islands. By 



Allan O. Hume, C. B 240 



Description of a new species of HellciddG^ of the genera Helix and 

 Achatina, from the Khasi Hills and Manipur. By Major 



GoDWiK-AusTEN, F. Z. S. (title only), 241 



Notes on the Transit of Venus of 1874. By Captain W. M. Camp- 

 bell, K. E., communicated by Captain J. Wateehouse, .... ib. 

 Extracts from a Letter from W. H. Dall, U. S. Coast Survey to 

 Key. C. H. A. Dall, M. A., Calcutta, on the Operations of the 



U. S. Coast Sui'vey, 1874, 245 



Library, 249 



Index to the Proceedings, 1874, 253 



Meteorological Observations for November and December. 



