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ORDINARY JMONTHLY MEETING. 

 July i»6tli, 1911. 

 Mr. \V. W. Fr(),i;<;ait, F.L.S., PrcsirliMit, in the Chair. 



Messrs. Ebnkst J. Bickfohd, ll.indwick: .John Lewis Fkoc- 

 (JATT, Croydon; Hebkk A. Lon(jman, Qucoiisland Museum, P.ris- 

 bane; and Kkn'HY S. H. Wakdlwv, I Jailiiiiilnust, were elected 

 Ordinary .Members of the Society. 



Tlie Donations and Exclian<;es received since the previous 

 Monthlv Meetini; (L'8tli .lune, 1911), auKMnitint;- to (Jl \'ols., 

 78 Pai-ts oi- Nos., 17 P>iill('tins, "J Reports, and 17 Pamphlets, 

 received from ")") Societies, A'c, and two Individuals, were laid 

 upon tilt' table. 



NOTKS AND EXHIBITS. 



Ml'. L. Harrison exhibited photoiu;raphs of the vellow-breastcd 

 vii\)'m (Eopsahria mist ra/ is J jiix\\.) on the nest; and of ttu- male 

 bird behmgini? to this nest in the act of feeding; the younji; of the 

 w 1 lite-shafted fantail {Rhipidara i(//ii.<iraji(i Gould), which were in 

 a nest close l)y. 



Ml-. A. Pi. McCulloch exhil)ited, by permission of the (\u-ator 

 of the Australian Museum, si.\ fishes collected at Muri'ay islantl, 

 Torres Strait, none of which appeared to ha\ c been pieviouslv 

 recorded from Austi'alian wati'rs, thouiili all were wt'll knt)\\n 

 Indian and Pacific Ocean species. They were Synanceja vcrnK-osa 

 Bl. Schn.. 7'ha/(iss(imi( dorsah' (.J. and G., T. jdiisfni Bleeker, 

 Parapercis kcxophtludma Cu\. and \'al., Amb/i/(/ohliis p/tdfa/ui 

 Cuv. and Val., and S/t^/i/iiiiid/'ins vu'laiiori-plial iis Bleeker. 



Mr. A. A. Hamilton exhibited specimens of, and offered obser- 

 vations on, two i^rasses, J'ait'iftini (//(dmioi ({and., and /Jt(ptitfi(c 

 didacfijla Willd., of which the foi-mer has ac([uired a s(.)mewhal 

 complicattid synonymy. 



Mr. Cheel exhibited specimens of Ah/'nsia (jrandij^ora P.\ ..M., 

 [Lkguminos^ : North .\usti'alia ami Queensland], grown from 



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