140 BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
Mr, N.S, Symons exhibited two mounted mahseer (Barbus tor) caught by him in the 
Bowani River, in 1883, which weighed 723 lbs., and 65} Ibs. respectively. 
The Honorary Secretary gave notice that at the February meeting the committee 
would propose that all persons joining the Society after the 1st March next be charged 
an entrance fee of Rs, 10. 
Dr, G. A. Maconachie was re-elected a Vice-President of the Society. 
ContRiBvTiONs To THN LipRARy. 
Prachin. Sodhsangrah, from WH. H. Maharajah of Bhownugger. The Ibis, 1873 to 
1878, Messrs. Thacker & Co. Proceedings of the Yoological Society, 1878 to 1885, 
Messrs. Thacker & Co. Flora of British India (Hooker), Part XIV., Bombay 
Government. hist of the Birds of India (Hume), Mr. Frank Rose. The Journal of 
Medicine, No. 96-8, from Dr. T, L, Phipson. 
Dr. D. MacDonald exhibited a curiously deformed foetus of a domestic cat. 
PROCEEDINGS OF THE M@ETING HELD ON 61H FeBRuaRy, 1888. 
‘Tw usual monthly meeting of the Members of the Society took place on Monday 
the 6th February, Dr. D. MacDonald presiding. 
The following new members Were elected :—Brigadier-General Pottinger, Mr. D. 
McLauchlan Slater, Mr. H. Freeborn, Colonel J. Hibbert, Mr. C. N. Clifton, C. E., 
Mr. G. P. Robinson, Lieut. D. Madhowrao, N.A., Dr. Shantaram Vinayak Kantak, 
Mr. Dady Hormusjee ©. Dadysett, Captain H. §. B. Hodgkinson, Mrs. Pearson, 
Mr. Furdoonjee Jamsetjee, Mr. J. 5. Mure, Mr. D. A. Glazebrook, Mr. H. Chalmers, 
Mr. H. RB. Cobbold, and Mr. Bomanjee Hduljee Modi. 
The following contributions to the Society’s collections were acknowledged :— 
CONTRIBUTIONS DURING JANUARY. 
Contributions Description. Contributor. 
J Snake’...és 06 cee sreroetss |) Sitnotes Russellii j..5:..41| Miss H. Atkinson. 
1 Boar's Skull Sus Imdictis ...a0..ac0n.| Dr, DeMonie. 
J Sriaice. cyan ieee Lycodon striatus...........| Mr. BR. A. Sterndale. 
1 Dolphin Delphinus plumbeus ..,... Mr. F. A. Little. 
1 Pelican Pelecanus philippensis ...| Mrs. Sheppard. 
Bark Cloth.......... | Brom Zanzibar va ceciesss Mrs. Gallagher. 
1 Spotted Owlet (alive) ...| Carine brama ........+5 woo] Mr. P. R. Valladares. 
1 Freshwater Fish (weigh- 
ing 74 lb8) ss... .| Bagaring Yarrellii’......... Dr. A. Stewart. 
1 Marbled Teal ..........0.+.{ Querquedula pr aicenie 
tris. cosn| Mr, J. D. Inverarity. 
1 Oryx’s Head «...s From Somali "Conat. caeuss ces Capt. W. G. Forbes. 
1 Crocodile......+.+.. Crocodilus palustris ...... Dr. DeMonte. 
Egg of the Indian Br Kupodotis Hdwardii ..... Mrs. Pearson. 
1 Chameloot 4 ascccirc ves Chamecleo vulgaris ........| Mr. 8. A. Bulkley. 
1 Crocodile’s Head .........} Crocodilus palustris ...... Mr. A. R. M. Simkins. 
1 Wood Snipe ..... Gallinago nemoricola ...... Mr. T. RB, Bell. 
1 Fish (mounted) 40 Tbs. . Barbus Malabaricus ...... Mr. H. M. Phipson. 
1 Owl (alive) ...csecsereeseeees Strix javanica......s....-..| Mx. H, Littledale. 
Minor Contributions, from Dr. Weir, Mr. G. Carstensen, and Mr. Strong. 
Contributions to the Library.—Proceedings, Linnean Society of N. 8. Wales, Vol. 
IL. part 3; Records of the Geological Survey of India, Vol XX., part 4; Comparative 
Anatomy of Vertebrates (Owen), Mr. J. Westlake; Catalogue of the Moths of India 
(Cotes and Swinhoe), Verhandlung der Zoologisch Botanischen Gesellschaft in 
Wein, Vol. XX XVII., Nog. 3 and 4. 
