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2. By Mr. A. J. Campbell, " Description of the Egg of the 

 Short-tailed Albatross." 



The author, besides describing the egg, gave some notes on 

 the Albatrosses and their breeding-places, and concluded by giving 

 notice of the following motion for next meeting : — " That the 

 Tasmanian Government be approached with a view to having the 

 Albatrosses on Albatross Island protected by law." Mr. Le Souef 

 and the chairman expressed their thanks to Mr. Campbell for 

 bringing this matter forward, and considered the motion to be 

 deserving of the Club's support. 



3. By Mr. A. J. Campbell, " Notes on the Bronze Cuckoos." 

 In this paper the author gave the names of the various foster 



parents of the " Narrow-billed Bronze " and " Bronze " Cuckoos, 

 as far as at present recorded or known to him, with some in- 

 teresting general notes on these birds. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTE. 



The chairman stated that Mr. G. A. Keartland, while in Western 

 Australia, had discovered a new tree on the Fitzroy River, which 

 had been named Gardenia Keartlandi after him by Professor 

 Tate. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Lizard, Gymnodactylus platurus, 

 from Mossman River, North Queensland. By Mr. A. Coles. — 

 Clutches of eggs of Ephthiomura albifrons, E. aurifrons, and 

 E. tricolor. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Rose-breasted Robin, nest, 

 and eggs ; Downy Pycnoptilus ; old nest of Mountain Thrush, 

 with Polypodium ferns growing from it ; rare orchid, Sarcochilas 

 parviflorus, collected in Dandenong Ranges, November, 1897. 

 By Mr. Jos. Gabriel. — Rare birds' eggs from Dandenong Ranges : 

 Pycnoptilus Jloccosus, Erythrodryas rosea, and Rhipidura 

 rufifrons. By Mr. Jas. A. Kershaw. — Young larvae of moth, 

 Arrhodia lasiocamparia, Gn., reared from eggs. By Mr. F. M. 

 Reader. — Pterostylis concinna, R. Br., Dimboola, and Cyperus 

 gracilis, R. Br., Lake Hindmarsh, both new for N.W. Victoria. 

 By Mr. G. E. Shepherd. — Nest of Emu Wren, in illustration of 

 paper ; two eggs of White-shouldered Campephaga, taken with 

 Pallid Cuckoo's ; eggs of Narrow-billed and Fantailed Cuckoos 

 taken in nest of Blue Wren with two eggs of the wren, from 

 Somerville. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Victorian Botany. — A census of the plants of the Cape 

 Otway Forest has recently been issued by Mr. G. Hitchcock, 

 F.L.S., F.R.A.S., of Flinders School, Geelong, who has also 

 published a similar list for the Geelong district. 



