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Notes and Notices. 



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bid adieu to the president, Dr. A. M. Morf^an, who is about to 

 proceed to Europe, to continue his medical studies. The host 

 (Captain S. A. White), in pointing out the object of the 

 gathering, referred in eulogistic terms to Dr. Morgan's scientific 

 skill and ability, and wished him, on behalf of the company, a 

 safe journey and health and prosperity. 



Mr. C. F. Belcher, M.A., LL.B., recently one of the editors 

 of T/ie Emu, has, it is stated, entered the service of a London 

 solicitor's firm, and has decided not to return to Australia for 

 the present, at least. Table Talk (Melbourne) is responsible for 

 the following announcement: — "Engagement. — Mr. Charles 

 Frederick Belcher, son of the Hon. G. F. Belcher, Merchiston 

 Hall, East Geelong, and Miss Visger, daughter of the late Dr. 

 Visger, London." 



Addenda and Corrigenda. — The following additions and 

 corrections to my papers which have been published in The 

 Emu may be made : — 



Manche de velours (fou dactylatre) appears to be primaril)^ the 

 Cape Gannet {Sula capcusis), and in a secondary signification 

 any Gannet having a white body and black or brown wings, or 

 having a white body and black quill-feathers. — Emu, vol. v., p. 

 166. 



Rotgans is the Brent Goose {Branta bernicla), which resembles 

 the Pied Goose {Anseranas semipalmata). 



In a "Polyglot Dictionary" I find Kropfgans rendered 

 Kropgans, and Schneegans appears to be a synomym of 

 Kropfgans. Schneegans is Sneemugans in Dutch, and Snow 

 Goose in English. Hence Kropgans is probably a Snow 

 Goose. The Blue-winged Snow Goose {Chen civrulescens) is 

 bluish-grey varied with greyish-brown, and has black quill- 

 feathers and the head and upper part of the neck white. It 

 bears a resemblance to the Cape Barren Goose {Cereopsis novcE- 

 hollandics), which is now Hoendergans in Dutch. Duiker 

 {Duycker), diver, is in compound words employed of various 

 waterfowl. Thus Ijsduiker is the Great Northern Diver, Kuif- 

 duiker the Sclavonian Gre.be. At the Cape of Good Hope 

 Phalacrocorax capensis is the Trek-Duiker, P. neglectus the Bank- 

 Duiker. 



Rheas are called " Hemas " by Pero de Magalhaes de Gaudavo 

 (1576). — Emu, vol. v., p. 213. 



Instead of " Cassowaries .... were seen," read " P'oot- 

 prints resembling those of a dog and Cassowary were seen," — 

 Emu, vol. v., p. 214. — James R. M'Clymont. Oueenborough, 

 Tasmania, 22 2/0S. 



ExrEDiTiON Tf) Kermadec Islands. — Mr. Tom Iredale 

 A.O.U., has organised a private expedition to the Kermadec 

 group to explore its fauna and flora. The party left New 



