Mr. W. S. Millard, the Honorary Secretary, had left for 
Europe shortly before I arrived in India, but Mr. E. A. Spence, 
who was acting for him, and Mr. i^. B. Kinnear, the Curator, 
were at the Museum when I visited it on April 11 and 12 
and on June 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1913, and to these gentlemen 
I am very much indebted for their many acts of hospitality 
and for their great kindness in showing me specimens and 
books, in giving me introductions to people able to help me 
in my enquiries, and in giving me much useful information 
about India, means of communication, fauna and flora. 
Besides the Museum and Library this Society maintains 
a small but select menagerie on its premises of such mam- 
mals, birds, reptiles, and fishes as are not too large for indoor 
life. Special attention may be drawn to the following 
Mammals. 
A female Malabar Squirrel, Sciurus mdiciis^ a tame and 
friendly animal, now lives, attached by a chain, at the door 
of the Museum. A male of the same species died in March, 
1901, after having lived over sixteen years in the Society’s 
possession. 
Birds. 
The aviary contains specimens of the White-eye, Zosterops 
sp., the Red-billed Hill-Tit, Liothrix hitea-^ three species of 
Bulbul, the Black-headed Myna, Tememichus pagodarum, the 
Baya Weaver-bird, Ploceus hay a, the Avadavat, Sporaeginthus 
amandava, the Rose-Finch, Carpodacus erytlirinus, the Pale 
Rose-Finch, Rhodospiza ohsoleta, the Black-headed Bunting, 
Emberiza melanocephala^ the Indian Palm- Dove, Tnrtur 
camhayeiisis, the Rain-Quail, Coturnix coromandelica^i^\\\Q\\ 
has been living here since 1907, and the Rock Bush-Quail, 
Perdicida argunda. 
In the Secretary’s room there is a Great Concave-casqued 
Hornbill, DicJioceros bicornis^ presented by Mr. Ingle in 
August, 1894, so now eighteen years nine months and some 
days in captivity and still alive and vigorous. 
