1092 president's address. 



Dr. Ramsay contributes a list of Birds collected in N.W.A. Vjy 

 the late Mr. T. H. Boyer-Bower (p. 165), describes Philemon 

 occidentalis, n.sp. (p. 676), Gerygone Thorpei, n.sp. (p. 677), 

 Eggs of three sp. of sea birds (p. 678), Epimachus Ilacleayance, 

 n.sp. from N.G. (p. 239). Mr. A. J. North gives notes on Austra- 

 lian Oology (pp. 405, 554), and Dr. Haswell an elaborate memoir 

 on the early stages in the development of Drorncvus Novce Hollandi^, 

 with abundant illustrations (p. 576). 



Proc. E.. S. Tasni. 1886.- — Systematic list of Tasmanian Birds. 

 Collected by Col. W. V. Legge, F.L.S. (p. 237). Note on the genus 

 Ephthianura (p. 247). 



Roy. Soc. Vic. XXIV. — On production of colour in Birds 

 Eggs. A. H. Lucas, M.A. (p. 52). 



Proc. R. S. Qld. I.e.— The Birds of Charleville. Kendal Broad- 

 bent (p. 23). Nest and Eggs of Xenorhynchus Australis. W. T. 

 White (p. 136). 



Proc. Inst. N.Z. I.e. — On a deformation of the bill of Hetera- 

 locha acutirostris (9) an endemic sp., in which the bill normally 

 presents very remarkable diiferences according to sex ; with 

 observations upon the habits of the bird. W. Colenso, F.R.S. 

 (p. 140). On the Ornithology of Hauturu Island, (fee. A. Reischek, 

 F.L.S. (p. 181, 184, 188). On Moa remains from Great Barrier 

 Island. Sidney Weetman (p. 193). 



Reptiles. 



Mr. H.J. M'Cooey gives his observations of the method by which 

 Chelodina lonyicollis excavates the burrows in which she will lay 

 her eggs (p. 107). Mr. Macleay describes Hoplocephalus Carpen- 

 tariae, n.sp. from near Normanton. 



C. W. de Vis, M.A., in a contribution to the Herpetology of 

 Queensland (p. 811), describes n.sp. of (Eclura, Grammaiophora, 

 Varanus (?), Egernia, Tiliqua, Hinulia, Mocoa, Heteropus, 

 Anomalopus, Ophioscincus, Ahlepharus, Delma. 



