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new species : but of this nothing positive can he said until some orni- 

 thologist on a visit to the hills may be fortunate enough to meet with 

 the living bird, and have an opportunity of proving either the iden- 

 tity or distinctness of the species hy observing the changes of plumage 

 from youth to maturity — in the mean time, I have noted it down with a 

 mark of doubt, as the Bearded Vulture of authors. 

 Nemuch, 21 st Feb. 1834. 



X. — Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 



Wednesday , the 5th November, 1834. 



Dr. J. Tytler, Senior Member, present, in the chair. 

 The Report of the Committee of Papers upon the list of names, proposed 

 at the last meeting as honorary members of the Society, was submitted, 

 when the following were balloted for and duly elected. Mpkhara Mens, 

 uncle to the king of Ava; Professor Heeren, M. Klaproth, and Prof. 

 Rosen ; Sir John Herschell, Prof. Bucklaxd and Col. Svkes. 



Read, letters from the Secretaries of the Royal Society, the Royal Asia, 

 tic Society, and the Geological Society, acknowledging the receipt of the 

 17th and 18th vols, of the Researches. 



Also, from Professor Seogwick, and from Mr. Atkint, Secretary of the So- 

 ciety of Arts, expressing thanks for the second part of the 18th vol. As. Res. 



Read a letter from Col. J. Stuart, Deputy Secretary to Government, 

 Military Department, intimating that the Honorable Court of Directors 

 have, in a recent dispatch, informed the Government that the suggestion of 

 the Society regarding a supply of tubes and apparatus for boring, will be 

 attended to. 



[We have since heard that they are on board the Sir Edward Paget.] 



Read a letter from Captain R. Home, proposing on the part of his bro- 

 ther, Col. Home and himself, to deposit in the apartments of the Asiatic 

 Society, the valuable collection of paintings, books, and casts, belonging to 

 the gallery of the late R. Home, Esq, of Lucknow, in compliance with the 

 wish expressed by their father previous to his demise, that they should be 

 preserved in some public institution in Calcutta, where they might be pro- 

 perly attended to, and at all times open to public inspection. 



Resolved, that the thanks of the Society be returned to Col. and Capt. 

 Home for their most liberal offer, which they embrace with pleasure; and 

 that suitable preparation be immediately made for their reception. 



[The collection of paintings comprises the following valuable originals: 



Woman taken in adultery, hy Dominichino, 6* ft. 2 in. by 4 ft. 



Cleopatra, Guido, 4 ft. by 3 ft. 3 in. 



Crowning of Mary de Medicis, Reubens, 5 ft. by 3 ft. 



Infant Jesus, ditto, 4 ft. by 3 ft. 



Sir William Jones, as a boy, Sir Joshua Reynolds. 



