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at Hunter's Hill. The little Blue Wrens {Malurus cyanetbs), in 

 hunting for insects among the branchlets, occasionally coine into 

 contact with the very viscid exudation from the glandular ridges 

 on the fruiting-perianths, and are apt to be caught so securely by 

 the feathers or by the feet, that they aie unable to release them- 

 selves without assistance. [For a New Zealand record of the 

 victimisation of Silvereyes and a Sparrow under similar circum- 

 stances, see, "A Bird-killing Tree." By R. H. Govett. Trans. 

 New Zealand Inst., xvi., p. 364 (1884). Also Kirk's Forest Flora 

 of New Zealand, p. 293 (1889). (References kindly furnished by 

 Mr. E. Cheel)]. 



Mr. Benson, who was unable to attend at last Meeting, gave 

 an outline of the geology of the Tamworth District, N.S.W., and 

 described the undoubted occurrence of intrusive tuffs. Some 

 discussion followed, in which Messrs. J. E Carne, E. C. Andrews, 

 and J. Mitchell took part. 



The President tendered the thanks of the Society to Mr. C. 

 Hedley, F.L.S., for his donation of a framed portrait of Professor 

 W. A. Herdman, D.Sc, F.R.S., of Liverpool University, whose 

 work on Australian Tunicata was well known to zoological 

 Members. 



