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Notes and Exhibits. 



Mr. Ogilby exhibited specimens of Hemipimelodus Dayi, 

 described in his Paper, showing the method, employed by the 

 male hsh, of hatching the young and preserving them from 

 danger, by carrying them in his mouth ; he remarked that this 

 habit had been observed in several species of the nearly allied 

 genera Arius and Osteogeniosus, both in India and South 

 America. 



Mr. Ramsay exhibited an Albino Bat from a cave in Jamaica, 

 probably of the genus Taphozous. 



Mr. Masters exhibited a chicken with four legs. 



Mr. T. W. Edgeworth David, of the Geological Survey, 

 exhibited a number of fossils from cores lifted by the Australian 

 Diamond Drill Company, in the neighbourhood of Wallsend, 

 Lake Macquarie. The specimens, which were collected by Mr. 

 W. H. Smithers, showed very distinct and beautiful impressions 

 of plants characteristic of the Upper Newcastle series, as 

 Glossoptei'is Browniana, Philotheca sp., &c. Although the diameter 

 of the core was only 2^ inches, the fragments of leaves were so 

 perfectly preserved as to admit of the determination of their 

 species. The cores were obtained at depths varying from a few 

 feet to 660 feet below the surface. 



Dr. Cox exhibited two New Caledonia Sling Stones, each of 

 about lib. weight, of an oval shape and formed from stalactitic 

 calcite. They were said to have been found in a hollow tree on 

 the Bellenger River, but no explanation of their change of locality 

 was offered. 



