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They wish to notify that the “ Proceedings ” are sent out directly the Lists are 
ready, and in no case would the latter be received a week earlier if sent separately. 
The date up to which the Lists are corrected each month is not the date of 
printing, but of corrections made at the Horse Guards. 
The Committee will be glad to receive from any Member the name of such books 
as he may think desirable for purchase for the R.A.I. Library. 
A catalogue of works (Authors’ Index) added to the Library from 1882 to 
present date is being prepared; a copy will be sent to any Member applying 
for one. 
The Museum is now being replaced after being so long closed for the repairs to 
the roof. 
Specimens of all sorts are turning out in much better order than might have 
been expected after being untouched for so many months. 
Pew Members seem to know how good is the Institution Ornithological Collec¬ 
tion and the books on this subject in the Library are not surpassed by any 
private collection. 
The Committee will be glad to receive specimens of the Indian and Eastern 
birds noted below. In preparing for collections birds should be carefully skinned, 
cleaned, dried and dressed with arsenical soap ; the skull should be left in 
thoroughly cleaned out, the eye sockets well tilled out, the body moderately filled 
with cotton wool or even paper if no other material be handy. Each specimen 
should be thrust head downwards in a clean paper funnel and kept there until 
thoroughly dry. To a leg of each specimen should be attached a label showing 
when and where shot, colour of eyes and all naked parts. 
INDIAN BEKjDH. 
Painted Partridge. 
Grey Partridge. 
Jungle Bush Quail. 
Chinese Quail. 
Ruddy Rail. 
Brown’s Rail. 
Blue-breasted Rail. 
Indian Blue Coot. • 
Painted Snipe. 
Wood Snipe. 
Tereke Sandpiper. 
Eastern Curlew. 
Large Sand Plover. 
Mongolian Sand Plover. 
Sociable Lapwing. 
Red Wattled Lapwing. 
Yellow Wattled Lapwing. 
Stone Plover. 
Great Stone Plover. 
Indian Courier Plover. 
Eastern Swallow Plover. 
Small Swallow Plover. 
Crab Plover. 
Indian River Tern. 
Black-bellied River Tern. 
Caspian Tern. 
Gull-billed Tern. 
White Shafted Ternlet. 
Grey-rumped Ternlet. 
Large-crested Tern. 
Lesser-crested Torn. 
Sooty Tern. 
Great Black-headed Gull. 
Brown-headed Gull. 
Green-billed Shearwater. 
Indian Combgoose. 
Green-backed Goose Teal. 
Indian Whistling Teal. 
Spotted-billed Duck. 
Spoonbill. 
Pelican Ibis. 
Shell Ibis. 
Black-headed White Ibis. 
Hair-crested Stork. 
White-necked Stork. 
Giant Heron. 
Green Heron. 
Ashy Heron. 
Large White Heron. 
Plumed Heron. 
Little Egret. 
Cattle Egret. 
Pond Heron. 
Green Bittern. 
Eastern Little Bittern. 
Black Bittern. 
Chestnut Bittern. 
Malay Bittern. 
Brown Gannet. 
Yellow-eyed Gannet. 
Little Cormorant. 
Grey Pelican. 
Lesser Erigate Bird. 
Demoiselle Crane. 
