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tailed Swifts at Kew earlier this year than usual. Mr. R. Hall 

 said the birds have arrived several weeks earlier than in previous 

 seasons. 



EXHIBITS. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 

 By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Flowers of Melaleuca squarrosa, 

 grown at Kew. By Mr. A. Coles. — Five specimens of the Regent 

 Bird, Sericulus chrysocephalus, of different ages, illustrating the 

 progress of development of their plumage from brown to black 

 and yellow; three specimens of the Satin Bower Bird, Ptilonorhyn- 

 chus holosiricous, two males and one female, full plumage and 

 half plumage ; also a domestic fowl's egg shaped like a 

 boomerang. By Mr. C. French, jun. — Black Honey-eater and 

 eggs, from Mallee, Victoria. By Mr. J. H. Gatliff. — Pecten laetus, 

 P. laqueata, from Japan, P. asperrimus and P laticostatus, from 

 Victoria. By Mr. R. Hall. — Xerophila leucopsis, with nest, and 

 photograph of position ; skins of Queensland Finches — viz., 

 Peophila leucotis, P. acuticauda, P. Gouldim, P. cincta, Stictop- 

 tera Bichenovii, Munia castaneithorax, and skin of Hooded Robin, 

 immature male, from Victoria. By Messrs. George and Gerald 

 Hill. — Collection of destructive insects and their parasites ; also 

 collection of injurious fungi, with microscopic slides of their spores. 

 By Mr. J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S. — New eucalypt, E. corrugata, 

 from Golden Valley, Western Australia (collected by Mr. W. A. 

 Sayer). By Mr. J. Paul. — Native flowers, including Epacris 

 impressa (pink variety), Cryptostylis longi/olia, and Prasophyllum 

 intricatum, collected at Grantville. By Mr. F. M. Reader. — 

 A new grass, Stipa acrociliata, in illustration of paper. By 

 Mr. H. T. Tisdall — Seaweeds from Ocean Grove, Victoria, 

 Cystophora subfarcinata, Sargassum muriculatum, Seirococcus 

 axillaris, Gigartina lanecuta, Ptilota coralloidea, Caulerpa 

 sculpelliformis, Phacelocarpus sessilis, Curpomitra cabrerce, Calli- 

 thamnion verticale, Nitophyllum subfulcrum, Gelidium glanduli- 

 folium, Callophyllis Lambertii, and Grateloupia Australia. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF EUCALYPTUS 

 MAC UL AT A IN EAST GIPPSLAND. 



By A. W. Howitt, F.G.S. 



According to the " Eucalyptographia" of the late Baron von 

 Mueller this eucalypt is recorded from the vicinity of Port 

 Jackson, northwards. Recently, however, Mr. J. H. King, of 

 Buchan, has reported the occurrence of this handsome variety on 

 the eastern slope of a spur from the Tarra Mountain, on the 

 track from Buchan to Orbost, and about 15 miles from the 



