PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OP BENGAL, 



For February, 1866. 



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The monthly general meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was 

 held on the 7th instant. 



E C. Bayley, Esq., President, in the chair. 



The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 



Presentations were announced — 



1. From the Rev. J. Long, 2 copies of " Five hundred questions on 

 the social condition of the Natives of India." 



2. From J. F. Browne, Esq., a copy of " A General Report on 

 the Tipperah District." 



3. From J. Avdall, Esq., a copy of " Notice sur le Couvent Ar- 

 menian de File S. Lazare de Venise by V. Langlois." 



4. From Dr. J. Anderson, a young specimen of Gavialis Gangeti- 

 cus. A specimen of Crocodilus Porosus. Two specimens of Halcyon 

 Smyrnensis (white-breasted king fisher). 'A specimen of Athene Bra- 

 ma (spotted owlet). Two specimens of Pteropus Edwardii (flying fox) : 

 One of Capri mul <j ns Asialicus (Common Indian Groat-Sucker) : one 

 of Budytes Viridis (Wagtail) : Two of Anthus Rufalus (Slender 

 Lark) : Three of Gyps Benyalensis (Vulture), and one of Dicrurus 

 Macrocercus (King Crow). 



5. From Col. Phayre, three Burmese skulls and one from the Shan 



States. 



6. From the Under-Secretary to the G-ovt. of Bengal, a box con- 

 taining a specimen of sand poured forth near Thannah Roajan in Chitta- 

 gong, on the occasion of the late earthquake. 



