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teris superciliosa, Aphelocephala nigricincta, Cracticus rufescens, 

 Ptilotis iiotata, P. macleayana, P. keat'tlandi, Artamus nielanops, 

 Poephila acnticauda, Halcyon sordidus, Mesocalius osculans, 

 Calyptorhynchiis batiksi, Megaloprepia Tnagnijica, Macro]>ygia 

 phasianella, Ar delta pusilla, 2'urnix maculosa, Dendrocygna 

 arcuata* D. eytoni.f Also the following Cuckoo type-sets : — 

 Cuculiis inornatus with Ptilotis lewini] C acomantis Jiahelliformis 

 with Origma rubricata, ditto with Malurus lamhe7'ti; Cacomaiitis 

 variolosus with Rhipidiira rufifrons; two eggs of ditto with R, 

 alhiscapa, ditto with Myiagra rubecula, ditto with Malurus la-ni- 

 berti; Lamprococcyx basalis with Acanthiza lineata, ditto with 

 Malurus lamberti, ditto with M. callainus, ditto with Stictoptera 

 biche7iovii, ditto with Meliornis 7iovce-hollandi(e, ditto with 

 Petroeca leggii, ditto with Zosterops lateralis, ditto with Smic- 

 rornis b^-evirostris: Lamprococcyx plagosus with ^-Egintha tem- 

 poralis, ditto with Malurus lamberti, ditto with Cinnyris 

 Jrenata; Mesocalius osculans with Acanthiza apicalis; Cacomaiitis 

 Jiabelliformis, Lamprococcyx plagosiis, and L. basalis with Acait- 

 thiza pusilla. 



Mr. Fletcher showed three racemes from a plant of the com- 

 mon, introduced Poke- weed (Phytolacca octandra Linn.), with 

 pedicellate instead of sessile flowers: the lower ones represented 

 by unfolded green masses; many of the upper ones exhibiting 

 dislocation of the perianth enclosing the stamens, and the 

 aborted ovary represented by a whorl of small leaf-like members, 

 brought about bv the extension of the axis. 



* Previously described by Oould from " Eggs brought to the Settlenieut 

 b}' the Natives, and said to belong to this bird." 



t Previously described by Dr. E. P. Ramsay from an immature egg 

 taken from the oviduct. 



