510 Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. [No. 5, 



The Annals and Magazine of Natural History for August, 1859. 

 Comptes Eendus, No. 26 of Tome 48 and Nos. 1, 2 and 3 of Tome 49. 

 Grammaire Sanscrite par Jules Oppert. 



For November 1859. 



The Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society was held 

 on the 2nd instant. 



A. Grote, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The proceedings of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were received. 



1. From Lord Click Browne, Under-Secretary to the Govern- 

 ment of Bengal, two sets of Photographic Drawings of the ancient 

 buildings at Beejapore, the Ashar Mobarick, and the Mehteree 

 Mehal, transmitted for the Society by the Eight Hon'ble the Se- 

 cretary of State for India. 



2. From Baboo Kaliprosunno Singh, groups of Figures in clay 

 on two platforms, by a native artist of Nuddea, the one represent- 

 ing a Bazar the other an Indigo Factory. 



3. From the same, a copy of the Qovind lelamrita by Hoop 

 Goswami. 



4. From K. Swinhoe, Esq., H. M.'s Consulate, Amoy. A collec- 

 tion of sundries from South China and Formosa : among them is the 

 skull of a Deer, sent as that of the Spotted Deer of Formosa : it is 

 apparently of an undescribed species, akin to the British Eed Deer, 

 and totally different from the Spotted Deer of India. Also a skull 

 of the small Chinese Muntjac Deer ; and some fine skins, including 

 one of Mustoza Sibirica, and a flat skin of the common Indian Pango- 

 lin : and of reptiles, a large Python molurus from Formosa and a 

 fine new Bungarus, &c. 



5. Eev. H. Baker, Junior, of Mundakyum, Alipi, South Malabar. 

 A dozen skins of the new spiny Dormouse Platacanthomys lasiurus ; 

 and other skins of field Eats, and of Shrews from that vicinity. 



6. Captain Hodge, commanding the guard ship Sesostris, at 

 Port Blair. A few bird skins, comprising a fine new Woodpecker ; 

 several reptiles, bringing the number of now ascertained Reptilia 

 from the Andamans to 12. of which 5 are Lizards and 7 Snakes, 3 



