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Dr. Ramsay exhibited the following birds : — Collocalia 

 spodiopygia, Peale, with its nest, from New Guinea ; Acanthylis 

 Novce-Guinece, from the Aird River, collected during Mr. 

 Bevan's recent Expedition ; Pycnoptilus floccosus, Gld., from near 

 Sydney ; and a remarkable variety of Amadlna Lathami, Grid., 

 with the upper tail-coverts orange, also from the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney. 



Mr. North exhibited the eggs of twenty-six species of birds, 

 referred to in his paper. 



Mr. Macleay exhibited for the Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, some 

 specimens of edible birds nests from Culion, Calamianes Group, 

 Philippines. The nests were the pi'oductions of a small swallow — 

 Collocalia Philippina, and the collection of them for the Chinese 

 market, formed an important industry of the races inhabiting 

 these Islands. Also, a massive specimen of Stibnite (Sulphide of 

 Antimony), procured by Mr. Tenison-Woods on the Island of 

 Sado, North Borneo. Also, a fine collection of Coleoptera, Hemij)- 

 tera and Orthoptera from Perak, Malay Peninsula, and some 

 gigantic specimens of Scorpions and Julus from the same locality. 

 Mr. Macleay stated that these exhibits were all from extensive 

 collections made by the Rev. J, E. Tenison-Woods during four 

 years of travel and exploration in Java, the Malay Peninsula, 

 China, Japan, the Philippines and Borneo. He regretted to say 

 that the reverend gentleman's health had suffered very much from 

 his prolonged stay in these unhealthy countries, and that he was 

 utterly unable for the present to attend the meetings of this 

 Society. 



Mr. Macleay also exhibited specimens of a species of Ascaris 

 from the stomach of a Kangaroo. He stated that with the 

 exception of the Ascaris tentaculata of Rudolphi, which inhabits 

 the cfecum of the American opossums (Didel})hys), no Ascaris had 

 ever been described as parasitic in Marsupials, but Dr. Cobbold 

 mentions having seen two undescribed species, procured from the 

 stomachs of an Halmaturus and Macropus. It would be interesting 

 to know if this Ascaris ever became parasitic in sheep and cattle. 

 He would be glad to receive specimens of all Entozoa found in any 

 of the graminivorous animals. 



