184/.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 853 



REPORT OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SECTION WITH CORRE- 

 SPONDENCE AND MINUTES OF MEMBERS. 



Committee of Papers, Asiatic Society, 25th May, 184/. 



The Senior Secretary begs leave to circulate a letter from the curator, Mr. 

 Blyth, forwarding brief MS. notes on the " Burnes" drawings already litho- 

 graphed, about one half of the series in the Society's possession. 



The Society are pledged to pay Mr. Blyth the sum of 3,200 Rs. on his 

 completion of letter-press for the drawings. The Senior Secretary, with 

 reference to this obligation, proposes that Mr. B.'s MS. be referred to the 

 Section of Zoology and Natural History, for their advice as to the mode of 

 publication and the amount of payment to be awarded to Mr. Blyth. 



To W. B. O'Shaughnessy, Esq. 



Senior Secretary of the Asiatic Society. 



Sir, — I have the pleasure to forward you a series of the lithographs that 

 have been executed of the late Sir Alexander Burnes' drawings of animals, 

 with the letter-press to accompany their publication. It has not been possi- 

 ble to determine, in every instance, with certainty the precise species to which 

 they refer, but I have spared no pains nor labour to arrive at the results 

 embodied in my MS. 



I have the honor to be, Sir, 



Very obediently your's, 

 E. Blyth. 

 As. So. Museum, May 20, 1847- 



To Dr. W. B. O'Shaughnessy, 



Senior Secretary Asiatic Society, 



Sir, — I have the honor to inform you that the " Burnes" Litho- 

 graphs with Mr. Blyth' s annotations, have been circulated to the 

 members of the Section of Natural History for their opinion regarding 

 the propriety of publishing the same, and the amount of remuneration 

 due to Mr. Blyth. 



2. You will see from the accompanying minutes that the Section 

 has bestowed much attention upon the first of these points ; and the 

 members are unanimously of opinion that the drawings are unworthy 

 of publication under the auspices of the Society, being in many instances 

 so rudely executed that it is scarcely possible to identify the animals 

 they profess to represent, while in most others, whether regarded as 



