406 THE PB0CEEDING8 OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY 



EXHIBITS. 



By E. P. Ramsay, Esq., F.L.S., &c. : — Perameles Broadhentii, 

 from Port Moresby, New Guinea. Mounted specimen. And 

 White Ants {Termes), probably a new species, obtained from a 

 Blue Gum tree, near Sydney. 



By Mr. Brazier : — A new species of Gonus and a new species 

 of Mitra. A specimen of Obsidian (?), full of spherical cavities, 

 which, when placed on the fire, had exploded with much 

 violence. 



MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1878. 



W. J. Stephens, Esq., M.A., the President, in the Chair. 



VISITOR. 



W. A. Haswell, Esq., M.A., B. Sc. of Edinburgh, was intro- 

 duced to the meeting by the Chairman. 



DONATIONS. 



Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of 

 Victoria, Vol. V., for 1878. From the Society. 



PAPERS READ. 



Notes on Puffinus (Nectris) carneipes, Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust.^ 



Vol. II., p. 465. 

 By E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. 



This species of Puffin represents on the A'.S.W. coast the 

 Nectris hrevicaudus, of South Australia, and is as numerous in 

 certain places as that species is there. 



Among other places they frequent the Solitary Islands, in great 

 numbers during the breeding season which lasts from September 

 till December. Through the kindness of James Barnett, Esq., 

 the Colonial Architect, I have received from Messrs. MacLeod, 

 Jennings & Murray, a fine series of these birds and their eggs. 



The birds arrived early in September, and at once betook 

 themselves to excavating their nesting-holes, which are short 



