1212 PRESIDENTS ADDRESS. 



Memorial Edition of his works. Other donations and exchanges 

 are too numerous to be specified here. They are duly recorded in 

 the Proceedings. 



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On the last anniversary I had the honour to submit to you an 

 abstract of the work accomplished by this Society during the year 

 then closed, and by other similar Associations in Australasia during 

 the preceding twelve months. And in following the same course 

 to-day, I beg to draw your attention to the quality, as well as the 

 quantity of these transactions. They appear to hold a continuous 

 advance, and indicate not only the learning and intelligence of 

 the writers, but evidently also the growing interest of the public 

 in questions of Science, and especially of Natural History. I have 

 on this occasion classified the Papers of this Society according to 

 their subject matter, retaining in each branch, as before, their 

 sequence according to their priority of time, and not according 

 to any estimate of their relative importance. I commence, 

 therefore, with Zoology, continuing with Botany, and closing the 

 list with Geology and Palaeontology ; and hope that I may furnish 

 a serviceable guide-post for the excursionist over our thousand 

 pages of serious matter, not superseding but assisting in the use of 

 the Index of our Transactions. This is of more importance, 

 naturally, in the case of the allied societies, whose yearly volumes 

 are not generally accessible to our members, except in the Society's 

 rooms. 



Mammalia. — Mr. Haswell describes the Myology of Petaurista j 

 p. 176. Mr. de Vis, p. 1129, mentions some doubtfully new species 

 of Halmaturus, Phalangista Petaurista, and describes Dromicia 

 frontalis, n. sp., Pseudochirus mongan, n. sp. A new species of 

 Hapalotis from N. W. Australia, H. Boiveri, is described by 

 Dr. Ramsay, p. 1153, being named after the late Mr. T. H. 

 Boyer-Bower, its discoverer, who has since deceased. 



Aves. — The Oology of Australian Birds is investigated by 

 Dr. Bamsay and Mr. North in several papers, pp. 1138-52, 

 1155-74. Dr. Bamsay also contributes a paper on the Birds of 

 West Australia, p. 1085. 



