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them a pointer dog, their object being to ascertain how far quail- 

 breeding had advanced. He found great numbers of young 

 birds and eggs. Out of about ten brace of adult birds flushed, all 

 but three or four were disturbed from either eggs or chickens. 

 Many coveys of young quail just able to fly were seen, whilst in 

 other cases, when the old bird rose, there was a scatter of little 

 ones like balls of down, not more than two or three days old. 

 Fully ten young ones were seen for every old bird flushed. 



Mr. J, Shephard drew attention to a report in the daily press, 

 detailing very large numbers of native birds which had been col- 

 lected from various parts of Australia for export to Europe. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Specimen of shrub, Cassinia theo- 

 dori, from Yan Yean. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Mounted specimen of a sport of the Warbling 

 Grass-Parrakeet, Melopsittacus undulatus. 



By Mr. C Coles. — Skin of Blue Wren, Malurus cyaneus, 

 exhibiting the change of plumage. 



By Miss S. W. L. Cochrane. — Painting of flowers of the Scarlet- 

 flowering Gum, Eucalyptus Jicifolia, of Western Australia. 



By Miss K. Cowle. — Dried specimen of Pultenma villosa, from 

 Launching Place, S. division of Victoria ; hitherto recorded only 

 from S.W. 



By Mr. G. Coghill. — Collection of insects, chiefly Coleoptera, 

 collected during the Buffalo Mountains camp-out. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — Beetles collected by Messrs. D. Best 

 and C. French, jun., on the Victorian Alps, viz. : — Diphucephala 

 elegans, Blkb. ; D. pulchella, Westw. ; and D. frenchii, Blkb., 

 (n. sp.) _ 



By Miss M'Haflie. — Nest of Scarlet-breasted Robin, Petrceca 

 leggii, Sharpe, collected during Buffalo Mountains camp-out. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy. — Drawings of several Desmids and other 

 Algse, together with microscopical slides of same ; also Potomage- 

 ton ohtusum, Nitella, sp., and a Water Spider, from Yan Yean 

 excursion. 



By Mr. T. S. Hart, M.A. — Specimen of beetle, Rhipidocera 

 mystacinalis, from Mt. Buninyong, Victoria. 



By Mr. Jas. A. Kershaw, F.E.S. — Specimens of dark varieties 

 of Heteronympha marope, Fabr., and H. philerope, Boisd., from 

 Gippsland, in illustration of his paper. 



By Mr. J. Shephard. — Photos, of views taken during the Buffalo 

 Mountains camp-out. 



By Mr. G. Weindorfer. — Dried specimens of plants collected 

 during the Buffalo Mountains camp-out. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



