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adult form of the bladder-worm, Cysticercus fasciolaris) from the 

 cat (New South Wales). He also noted that Prof. Gilrutli, of 

 Melbourne, had recently (Pastoralists' Review, 16th August, 1S09) 

 reported the occurrence of Sarcosporidia (/S'arcoc^/siis sp.) in the 

 muscles of Tasmanian sheep and cattle(p.613), on the oesophagus 

 (as Balbiania gigantea) of sheep in New Zealand(p.6 14), and in 

 the tongue-muscles of a Victorian calf(p.614). The Professor 

 believed this to be the first record of the occurrence of Sarco- 

 sporidia in Australian animals, but was apparently unaware of 

 Dr. J. B. Cleland's record of having found Balbiania in West 

 Australia in sheep imported from the eastern States. These 

 sporozoon parasites are not unknown here, the following having 

 been met with in New South Wales animals, in the course of the 

 work of the Bureau — Sarcocystis tenella, in the muscles of a cow 

 (Moruya district), and in the tongue (also infested by the fungus, 

 Actinomyces hovis) of a calf; S. tenella (in its form know^n more 

 commonly as Balbiania gigantea) on the oesophagus of sheep from 

 various parts of the State; and S. mui'is, from the muscles of 

 Mns rattus and M. decumanus{Sydney). J)r. Cleland had found 

 (but had not recorded) S. miescheriana in some West Australian 

 pigs. 



Dr. Cleland said that since his paper " On Diurnal Variations 

 in the Temperatures of Camels " was read, he had met with the 

 following interesting record in 'Tracks of McKinlay across Aus- 

 tralia,' (p.l78; from the diary of John Davis; date December 20th, 

 1861; locality, near Cooper's Creek) showing that, under excep- 

 tional conditions of heat, camels ma}^ perspire visibly : " The 

 horses quite in a lather; the camels even sweated, the first time 

 they ever did so during the journey; . . . one of the finest 

 bullocks died from the heat of the sun." 



Mr. North sent for exhibition five adult skins of the yellow- 

 collared Parrakeet (^Bainiardins semitorquatiis), and a skin of 

 Forster's Shearwater {Pvffinus gavia), together with the following 

 Note thereon — "The adult specimens of Bamardius semitorquatus 

 show the variation in the plumage of this species. Quoy and 



