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gross partially by the intervening Bengal Provinces which at the 

 time of tlie migration were probably open sea, partially by the Ilima- 

 layan range in the North, though this could not have had formerly 

 the gigantic dimension and altitude which it now possessed. In 

 the South of India and on the Malabar coast Malayan species 

 again occur. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford endorsed the views expressed by Dr. 

 Stoliczka, and mentioned some of the peculiar African types 

 which are to be found in the fauna of Central India. He said a 

 list of birds collected in a district West or South- West of Nagpur 

 contains almost as many African types as it does of Indian. 



The reading of the following paper was postponed — 



On the Capture and Death of Bar a Shi/coh. — By H. Blochmann, 

 Esq., M. A. 



The receipt of the following communications was announced — 



1. Gond Words and Phrases. — By Reverend J. Dawson, 



Chindwdrah. 



2. Second List of Birds from the North- Eastern Frontier. — By 



Major H. H. Godwin- Austen. 



The meeting then broke up. 



Library. 

 The following additions have been made to the Library since the 

 last Meeting. 



Presentations. 

 * # * Names of Donors in Capitals. 



Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. XVIII, No. 118.— The 

 Royal Society of London. 



Report of the Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, 

 1869-70. — The Bengal Chamber of Commerce. 



Catalogus Musei Botanici Lugduno- Batavi, digessit F. A. Guil. 

 Mi quel. Pars Prima, Flora Japonica. — The University of Leyden- 



Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno -Batavi, edidit F. A. Guil. Mi- 

 quel. Tom. IV, Fasc. 6-10. — The University of Leyden. 



The Journal of the Chemical Society, for February, March, April, 

 1870.— The Chemical Society of London. 



