BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
The Honorary Secretary acknowledged the following contributions since the last 
Meeting :— 
ConrriBuTioONS RECEIVED DURING APRIL. 
Contribution. Description. Contributor. 
1 Spotted Owlet (alive) ...| Carine brama ............... Mrs Gilbert. 
L Crocodiles Skit 3.3... ..| Crocodilus palustris ..| Mrs. Pearson. 
1 Snake . Dipsas gOKOOL sic. ss. etend: Mr. M. C. Turner. 
Ptiloris alberti and EHpi- 
machas speciosus .........| Dr. Hay. 
7 Crocodiles’ Eggs ......... From Tulsi Take ............) Mr. S. Tomlinson. 
A number of Marine 
Specimens:...............| Drom a depth of 52 
fathoms ... : 
2 Birds of : Paradise | ees 
Mr. G. B. Stacey. 
1 Otter (mounted) .......... Lutra nair ... Dr. W. Kay. 
2 Chukor Partridges (alive), Caccabis chukor Dr. Anderson. 
1 Fox’s Skull | Vulpes bengalensis ......... Mr. F. Gleadow. 
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A quantity of Lizards, 
Snakes, and Insects .. 
8 Snakes .... 
1 Wallaby (alive) . 
2 Snakes ..... 
1 Hyena Cub (alive) . 
1 Crocodile (alive) 
2 Panther’s Cubs (alive) 
From Surat Do. 
Hrom Poous 1... .| Mr, R. Wroughton. 
Macropus sp.......... .| Mr. H. Wenden. 
Brom Aden \\0<... Capt. Wilson. 
Hyena striata Rey. R. Winsor. 
6 feet in length.... Mr, 8. Louard. 
Felis pardus Mr. H. 8. Winter, C. 8. 
1 Python (alive) eee Python reticulatus ......... Dr. Jas. Munday. 
1 Spoonbill’s Head (mount- | 
GUD ae ho cre norccne | Platalea leucorodia, ......... Capt A. Gwyn. 
CoNTRIBUTIONS To THE LIBRARY. 
Natural History of Plants (Baillon), from Dr. Dymock. 
Study of the Mango Weevil (Simmonds), from the Author. 
Life of Hrasmus Darwin (Krause), Mr. James Murray. 
Report of the Smithsonian Museum, Mr. James Murray. 
Minerals and the Use of the Blowpipe (Griffin), Mr. James Murray. ; 
Advanced Text Book of Geology (Page), Mr. James Murray. 
The Fodder Grasses of Northern India (Duthie), from the Author, 
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Nos. 8 and 4. 
Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, (Vol IL, Part IV. 
PrRoposat To Starr a ZoonocicaL GARDEN. 
Mr. H. M, Phipson stated that a great many valuable specimens of animals had of 
late been offered to the Society, which owing to want of accommodation in their 
rooms in the Fort, they had been obliged to decline. He was of opinion that the 
time had now arrived when the Society should obtain, if possible, a convenient site 
on which to form a Zoological Garden of its own. Mr. Phipson reminded the mem- 
bers present that the finest collection of live animals in the world, the one in London, 
was originally started by, and had throughout been under the sole management 
of a private scientific society. There were sites in and about Bombay which would 
suit the purpose admirably, and if one of them could only be obtained, he felt sure 
the Bombay Natural History Society was strong enough to carry out the project: 
