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Island ; mounted birds, birds' eggs, and photographs from 

 Hunter Group. By Mr. A. Coles. — Nest and eggs of Frontal 

 Shrike-Tit, Falcunculus frontatus. By Mr. F. J. Ellemor. — 

 Female lizard, Grammatophora mtiricatus, exposing oviduct 

 containing eggs. By Mr. G. E. F. Hill. — Living specimens of the 

 lizards Gymnodactylus miliusii and Amphibolurus barbatus, from 

 Ararat. By Mr. J. A. Kershaw. — The following rare Lepidoptera: 

 — Hepialus Ramsayi, Scott, from Queensland ; H. daphnandrcn, 

 Luc, from Queensland ; Hypochrysops hecalius, Misk., from 

 Gippsland ; Holochila Heathii, Cox, from Gippsland, with eggs 

 and pupa ; Calamidia hirta, Meyr., from Gippsland ; also a Bot 

 Fly, Gastrophilus (CEstrusJ salutaris, Clark, with eggs, taken off 

 throat of horse in Carlton. This is different to the common 

 English Bot Fly, CEstrus equi. By Mr. James Mitchell. — Thirteen 

 mineral specimens, showing twin or macled crystallization, 

 comprising : — Barite, from Cumberland, England ; Albite, from 

 Switzerland ; Iron Pyrites, from New South Wales ; Cerusite, 

 from Broken Hill; Lime Stalactite, from New Zealand ; Copper 

 Pyrites, from Mexico ; Azurite, from Mt. Hope, New South 

 Wales ; Phillipsite and Phacolite, from Melbourne ; Quartz 

 Crystals, from South Australia ; Fluor Spar, from Derbyshire, 

 England ; Calcite, from England. By Mr. C. French, jun.— 

 Eggs of Milvus affinis, from South Australia. By Baron von 

 Mueller, K.C.M.G.- — NympJuea cmrulea, new for New South 

 Wales. By Mr. G. Shepherd. — Nest and egg of Lineated 

 Warbler, Cisticola lineocapilla. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



ALBATROSS ISLAND AND THE HUNTER GROUP. 



By H. P. C. Ashworth and D. Le Souef. 

 (Read before the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria, \<&h January, 1895. ) 

 The Club expeditions to the islands of Bass Strait have been 

 among the most successful carried out under its auspices, and in 

 the successive trips to King Island, Kent Group, and Furneaux 

 Group have added materially to our knowledge, both of their 

 physical features and of the distribution of their fauna. The 

 splendid results achieved have been due in no small measure to 

 the ornithologists, who have certainly been the most enthusi- 

 astic supporters of these excursions. The descriptions of the 

 breeding habits of the sea-birds throughout the Strait have been 

 of especial value. To complete this work there remained, how- 

 ever, one important island to visit — we refer, of course, to 

 Albatross Island, perhaps the most interesting of all, for did 

 not Bass record, nearly a century ago, the fact that it was 

 covered with brooding Albatrosses ? Although many eyes have 

 been turned towards it of late years, few have essayed the task of 

 landing on its rocky shores, and up to the time of our visit none 

 had succeeded. It is the westernmost of the Hunter Group, 



