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read by the hon. secretary. This paper consisted of notes 

 received from Mr. E. M. Cornwall, a keen observer and formerly 

 an active member of the Club, now residing at Townsville, North 

 Queensland. The habits of the various creatures frequenting a. 

 waterpool in his garden were described at some length. Several 

 extraordinary instances of the appearance of small fish after rain 

 in pools previously dry for years were vouched for by the writer. 

 In the discussion which followed, Professor Spencer stated 

 that he believed that the appearance offish under these circum- 

 stances could always be explained either by the agency of birds 

 or by connection with permanent waterholes during floods. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTE. 



A note was read by Mr. R. S. Sugars on " The Gannets of 

 Maiden Island." The nidification of the three species of Gannet 

 which are found on the island was described in detail and 

 disclosed remarkable differences from the habits of the Australian 

 Gannet, Sula serralor, found breeding during the Club expedition 

 to the Furneaux Group. 



EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening: — 

 By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — Lepidoptera new to science, viz. : — 

 Sesia isozona, Meyrick, and Charagia mirabile, Rothschild, both 

 from North Queensland ; also, Liphyra crassolis, Westwood, 

 male and female, from North Queensland, this being new for 

 Australia, and is one of the very rarest of the known Lycsenidae, 

 hitherto only known from India. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs 

 of the following Queensland birds, viz. : — Quoy's Butcher Bird, 

 Red-necked Rail, Allied Fruit Pigeon, Crescent-marked Oriole, 

 and White-vented Wood-Swallow. By Mr. T. S. Hart. — 

 Slickensides, from Ferny Creek, near Ferntree Gully. By Baron 

 von Mueller, K.C.M.G. — A "fasciated" monstrosity of Lilium 

 auratum, the stem having attained a breadth of five inches and 

 the inflorescence a diameter of twenty inches, consisting of 208 

 more or less developed flowers. This remarkably huge specimen 

 came from the garden of Mr. Turner, at Mount Macedon. Also, 

 a double parasitism — namely, a Notothixos growing out of 

 Loranthus, the latter from a Banksia. This specimen was for- 

 warded by Miss Georgina King, of Sydney, and was obtained by 

 Mr. Bray near the Blue Mountains. Baron von Mueller had 

 occasionally observed instances of one Loranthus being a parasite 

 on another, the species being L. pendidus and L. linophyllus 

 Also, some marsupials from Western Australia. By Professor W. 

 Baldwin Spencer. — Pair of live Princess of Wales Parrakeets 

 from Central Australia, previously not seen in Victoria ; also, 

 marsupials, frogs, &c, in illustration of paper. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



