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Bird-notes from Tasmania. — At the meeting of the Royal 

 Society of Tasmania on June 9th, 1884, Mr. Morton exhi- 

 bited a Freckled Duck [Anas navosa), shot at Ross, on April 

 12th. This species of Duck was found in Victoria, South 

 Australia, and Western Australia, but had never before been 

 reported as found in Tasmania. 



Colonel Legge strongly advocated the formation of a com- 

 plete collection of Tasmanian bird-skins, carefully labelled, 

 locality, &c. He stated he was of opinion that there were 

 yet one or two new species of birds in the back-country 

 w^hich had hitherto been overlooked by collectors and others. 

 He trusted the Council of the Society would endeavour to have 

 air-tight cabinets made for such a collection, similar to those 

 used in the British and other leading museums. 



The Curator of the Museum said he was glad that Colonel 

 Legge had brought the matter before the Fellows, and referred 

 to the excellent skin-collection the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney, possessed. He said a great deal might be done by 

 their country friends in forwarding to the Museum specimens 

 of animals or birds, which, if not actually wanted for the 

 Museum collection, would be valuable for exchanges with 

 other museums. 



We are glad to learn that our esteemed member Mr. 

 William Foster (not Forster), whose death our Secretary 

 announced at the last Annual Meeting of the B. O. U. {supra,. 

 p. 362), is alive and well. — Edd. 



