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ORDINARY MONTHLY MEETING. 



October 25th, 1911. 



^Ir. W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



The President announced that the Council was prepared to 

 receive applications for three Linnean Macleay Fellowships, 

 tenable for one year from April 1st, 1912, from qualified Candi- 

 dates. Applications should be in the hands of the Secretar}' on 

 or before 30th November, 1911, who will afford all necessary 

 information to intending Candidates. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting (27th September, 191 Ij, amounting to 14 Vols., 

 Q8 Parts or Nos., 6 Bulletins, 2 Reports, and 9 Pamphlets, 

 received from 51 Societies, ikc , and two Individuals, were laid 

 upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. David G. Stead exhibited a living male and a female 

 example of the Oyster Blenny, Petroscirtes anolius {Cuv. et Val.) 

 originally from Broken Bay, which he had kept alive (among 

 othei's)for the past twelve months in a small saltwater aquarium. 

 This interesting fish is found in and about oyster-shells along 

 the coast of New South Wales, among which they spend their 

 lives. Their eggs are deposited in the shells, and are closely 

 watched over by the parents, the male being very bellicose. The 

 mature male (alive) has the curious Cassowary-like helmet on the 

 head. This has been described as a specific character, but it is 

 purely sexual. Immature males, like the females, do not possess 

 this character. Mr. Stead also drew attention to the mode of 

 progression^ showing that they moved in a normal manner forward. 

 Mr. J. D. Ogilby had mentioned (Proc. Roy. Soc. Queensland, 

 xxiii.,p.5-l, 191 1 ) that these fishes "never willingly moved forward 

 in the usual manner of the class, but invariably retrograde." Mr. 



