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smaller than the large " Shou" (see Journal Asiatic Society for 

 1850) and larger than the spotted deer of India, to be of the same 

 colour as the Shou, and to inhabit the same localities, viz. : the 

 upper portion of the Choomtee valley where open glades and trees 

 abound. 



" N. B. ' Shou' is the generic term for Deer in the Thibet lan- 

 guage. This species is Shou Eubge or the eight-antlered deer. 

 The larger animal is Shou Kupelroo ' or the ten-antlered deer.' " 



The following gentlemen, duly proposed and seconded at the 

 December meeting, were balloted for, and elected ordinary members : 



Babu Nagendranath Tagore. 



G. H. ^reeling, Esq. B. C. S. 



The following were named for ballot at the next meeting. 



Major M. L. Loftie, proposed by Dr. Sprenger and seconded by 

 C. Allen, Esq. 



Lt. Hitchens, Bengal Engineers, proposed by Mr. B. H. Hodgson, 

 and seconded by the President. 



C. Chapman, Esq. B. 0. S., proposed by Mr. Grote, and seconded 

 by Dr. Sprenger. 



The Council submitted a report stating that they have appointed 

 the following sub- Committees under By-Law 80. 

 Sub- Committee of Finance. 



C. Allen, Esq. and Major W. E. Baker. 



Sub- Committee of Oriental Philology. 



Dr. Boer, Principal W. Kay, Eev. J. Long, Professor F. E. Hall 

 and Lt. W. N. Lees. 



Sub-Committee of Natural History. 



Dr. G-. G. Spilsbury, Dr. H. Walker, Dr. H. Ealconer, Dr. A. C. 

 Macrae, and Major W. E. Baker. 



Sub-Committee of Library and Journal. 



Capt. H. L. Thuillier, Dr. H. "Walker, H. "Woodrow, Esq. and 

 Eev. W. Kay. 



The President in a short speech announced to the meeting the 

 death of Sir H. Elliot and then proposed the following resolution. 



That the Society desires to record its deep sense of the loss it has 

 sustained by the untimely death of Sir Henry Miers Elliot, K. C. B. 

 a man not more eminent for the civil services which had earned 



