NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Dr. Ramsay exhibited a number of very rare birds from Derby, 

 North West Australia, recently collected in that district by Mr. 

 Cairns. He particularly drew attention to the following : — 

 Poephila acuticauda, Poephila mirabilis, Donacicola pectoralis, 

 Emblema picta, Estrelda annulosa, Estrelda ritficauda, Pcecilodryas 

 cerviniventris, Smicrornis jlavescens, Pardalotus rubricatus, Parda- 

 lotus itropygialis, Malurus coronatus, Malurus cruentatus, Cacatua 

 gymnopis, Climacteris melanura, Geophaps albiventris, Astur 

 cruentus, Trichoglossus rubritorquatus. 



Mr. Douglas-Ogilby exhibited a photograph of Chilodactylus 

 morwong, the fish described in Mr. Ramsay's and his paper. 



Mr. Whitelegge exhibited under the microscope a fine gathering 

 of Infusoria and Rotifers from the Waterloo Swamps, the most 

 notable species being Bursaria truncatella Miiller, Stentor igneus 

 Ehr., Hydatina senta Ehr., Euchlanis triquetra Ehr., and 

 Asplanclma, Brightivellii Grosse. Specimens of the last-named 

 species were also shown in spirits, having been killed by means 

 of a mixture of spirits and chloroform with the corona fully 

 extended. 



Dr. Cox exhibited two fresh specimens of Cyprcea decijnens, 

 described by Mr. Edgar A. Smith in the Pro. Zool. Soc. Lon. for 

 1880, and made the following remarks. " The type specimen and 

 till now the only specimen on record, is in the British Museum, 

 and is ' in a worn state.' As Mr. Smith points out it is like a 

 diminutive C. thersites. My specimens are all even smaller than 

 the British Museum specimen, and the backs of all are 

 characteristically high and humped. They have a flatter base 

 than C. thersites, as pointed out by Mr. Smith, but the colour is 

 darker than an orange-red, and almost amounts to a black with a 

 tinge of red, doubtless owing to the specimens being quite fresh ; 

 the sides are quite as dark for fully two-thirds of their surface ; 



