THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 71 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Two specimens of the Leafy Sea-Dragon 

 Phyllopteryx foliatus, from Portsea. 



By Mr. C. French, jun. — New Scale Insects, Chionaspis 

 forinosa, from Murray River, Victoria. 



By Messrs. C. French, jun., and G. A. Keartland. — Rare eggs 

 of the following birds : — Little Flycatcher, Buff-sided Robin, 

 White- gaped Honey-eater, and Wood Fan tail ; the two former of 

 which are new to science, having been recently described by Mr. 

 A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., of Sydney. 



By Mr. J. H. Gatliff. — Perry's " Conchology," a folio volume 

 published in 1811, also the following marine shells, in illustration 

 of his paper : — Lotorium [Argobuccinum) australasice, Perry ; 

 Murex abortiva, Perry ; Lotorium parkinsonia, Perry ; Lotorium 

 rubicunda, Perry ; Phasianotroclous carinatus, Perry ; Fusus 

 undulata, Perry ; Fasciolaria australasice, Perry ; and Chione 

 disjecta, Perry. 



By Mr. H. E. Gatliff. — Set of eight black and white sketches 

 drawn by an aboriginal known as King Tommy, of the Murray 

 tribe. 



By Mr. A. Mattingley. — Photo, of Iguana on a eucalypt, 

 illustrative of the use of protective colouration. 



By Mr. C. Walter. — Atriplex angulatum, Benth., Myrniong 

 road, Bacchus Marsh -, a new locality. Previously recorded 

 only from the Mallee district (N.W. Victoria). 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



By Mr. H. B. Williamson. — The following dried plants : — 

 Solivia sessilis, Ring, and Pavon. (introduced), new record for 

 Victoria ; Schosnus sculptus, Boeck., Euroa, new for Victoria ; 

 Billardiera cymosa, F. v. M., Victoria Ranges, 1,500 feet, new 

 for S.W. Victoria. 



NOTE ON EREMIORNIS CARTERI. 



By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S., Ornithologist, Australian 



Museum, Sydney. 



{Mead before the Field Naturalists^ Chtb of Victoria, Mth July, 1902.) 



Some time ago I forwarded examples of Eremiornis carteri and 

 Platycercus macgillivrayi — described by me in the Club's journal, 

 Victorian Naturalist, xvii. (1900) — to Dr. P. L. Sclater, Secretary 

 of the Zoological Society of London. These he exhibited at the 

 February meeting, 1902, of the British Ornithologists' Club, and 

 of which he has kmdly forwarded me a reprint of their pro- 

 ceedings. Of Eremiornis carteri he remarks :- — " Mr. North 

 kindly sends me an example of this supposed new genus and 

 species of Austrahan birds. The genus is closely allied to 

 Schcenicola, of India (Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. vii., p. no), and 



