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NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. Basset Hull exhibited skins of Fregetta grallaria VieilL^ 

 and Oestrelata montana Hull, obtained at Lord Howe Island, in 

 October of this year, by Mr. T. Harvey Johnston. The former 

 constitutes a first record of this species from the locality; but, as 

 the specimen was picked up dead on the beach after a gale, its 

 discovery is not of value as indicating the possible breeding 

 ground of the species. The Oestrelata is a nearly full-grown 

 nestling, and has some of the down still adhering to the feathers 

 on the abdomen. The colour of the true feathers is a rather 

 deeper shade of slate tlian that of the adult bird (type) exhibited; 

 at the August meeting. The specimen was taken from a typical 

 nesting burrow at the top of Mount Gower, on 17th October. 



Mr. R. T. Baker exhibited specimens showing various stages- 

 in the utilisation of Tickera-tibre, from botanical specimens of 

 Posidoiiia australis to cloth-material of various shades, manufac- 

 tured at Huddersfield. Also photographs showing a dredge, 

 hopper, and washer used in reclaiming the fibre from the shores 

 of Spencer's Gulf, S.A., where the industry has been successfully 

 established. 



Mr. T. H. Johnston exhibited (1) an hydatid cy st(Echinococcti» 

 polymo^yhtis Dies.) from the lung of a goat (collected by Dr. T. 

 L. Bancroft in Queensland); and (2) portion of the small intestine- 

 of a kangaroo, Macropus gigantetis Zimm., showing the presence 

 of Coccidium sp. (collected by Mr. O. S. Le Souef at Coonamble. 

 N. S.Wales). Neither of the above parasites had been previously 

 recorded from these hosts in Australia. 



Mr. Fred Turner exhibited and made observations on (1) 

 Panicum glabrum Gaud.,(syn. Paspalum ambiguuni DC.) from 

 the upper Tweed River, New South Wales. Mr. Turner was 



