OF NEW SOUTH WALES. 403 



Characters of six new Polynesian Birds in the Museum 

 Goddeffroy, at Hamburg. By Otto Finsch, Ph. D., 

 C.M.Z.S. 



On the Eared Seals of the Islands of St. Paul and Amster- 

 dam, with a description of the Fur Seal of New Zealand, 

 and a re-arrangement of the New Zealand Otariidce 

 By J. W. Clark, F.Z.S. 



Letter on Birds, transmitted to the Society from Duke of 

 York's Island. By Mr. G. Brown, C.M.Z.S. 



Exhibition of, and remarks on, three Feather Mats made by 

 Maoris of New Zealand. By Dr. Hector. 



On a new Ziphioid Whale. By Julius Von Haast, Ph. D., 

 F.R.S., Director of the Canterbury Museum, Christ- 

 church, New Zealand. 



Notes on some Fijian Birds, including description of a new 

 genus and species. By Otto Finsch, Ph. D., C.M.Z.S. 



On Ceratodus Forsteri, with observation on the Classification 

 of Fishes. By Professor T. H. Huxley, F.R.S., &c. 



On the Land Shells of Taviuni, Fiji Islands, with descriptions 

 of new species. By E. A. Liardet. 



List of Birds met with in North-E istern Queensland, chiefly 

 at Rockingham Bay. Part II. By E. Pierson Ramsay, 

 F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 



On the Structure of the Mucous Membrane of the Stomach 

 in the Kangaroos. By Edward A. Schafer, Assistant 

 Professor of Physiology, and D. James Williams, 

 Student of Medicine, in University College, London. 



On a small Collection of Butterflies from the New Hebrides. 

 By Arthur G. Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



On a new order and some new genera of Arachnida from 

 Kerguelen's Land. By the Rev. O. P. Cambridge, 

 M.A., C.M.Z.S., Hon. Mem. New Zealand Institute. 



