WEDNESDAY, 23rd FEBRUARY, 1887. 



The Monthly Meeting of this Society was held in the Linnean 

 Hall, Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, on Wednesday evening, 23rd 

 February, 1887. 



The President, Professor W. J. Stephens,MA., RG.S.,in the Chair. 



Mr. T. S. Rigg, and Mr. J. R. Reid, Bengal Civil Service, were 

 present as visitors. 



]Mr. Henry J. Brown, Newcastle, was elected a Member of the 

 Society. 



The President announced that the next Excursion had been 

 arranged for Saturday, March 19th, Members to meet at the 

 Redfem Railway Station, to proceed by the 8-13 am. train to 

 the National Park. 



DONATIONS. 



" United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries." Parts 

 I.-IX. " Reports of the Commissioner" for the years 1871-81, 

 (9 Vols,) ; " Odontornithes : A Monograph on the Extinct Toothed 

 Birds of North America." By Prof. O. C. Marsh ; " Key to 

 North American Birds." By Dr. Elliott Coues ; "Birds of the 



