124 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



By Mr. A. G. Campbell. — Some typical rocks from King 

 Island, Bass Strait: — Plutonic — (i) Granitoid mixture of sanidine 

 amphibole, quartz, and biotite ; (2) Granite, with crystals of tour- 

 maline ; (3) Aplite, showing crystals of tourmaline; (4) Grisen; 

 (5) Gabbro ; (6) fme-grained (?) Dyke-rock ; (7) Gneiss, showing 

 characteristic rugged weathering. Organic — (8) Dune Limestone 

 and Granite Sand, with comminuted shell from which it is formed ; 

 (9) Crystalline Limestone. Also skins of four species of Maluri 

 — Maiurus cyanochlamys, Queensland ; M. cyaneus, New South 

 Wales and Victoria ; M. gouldi, Tasmania ; and M. elizabethce, 

 King Island. 



By Mr. A. Coles. — Common Sparrow, Passer domc-sticus, albino, 

 shot at South Melbourne ; and clutch of eggs of King Quail, 

 Excaljactoria lineata. 



By Mr. St. Eloy D' Alton. — Rare Victorian lizard, Tiliqua 

 occipitalis, Peters (alive). 



By Mr. J. Gabriel. — Abnormally large egg of Mutton-bird, 

 Pufinus tenuirostris, Temm. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Eggs of Chlamydodera guttata 

 (type), Melithreptus Icetior (type), Myzomela pectoralis, M. nigra, 

 M. erythrocephala, and M. sanguinolenta. 



By Mr. J. A. Kershaw, for National Museum. — Frog, Philo- 

 c7-yphus Jlavoguttatus, Fl. (male), locality Tongio West, Victoria, 

 first time recorded from Victoria. 



By A. Mattingley. — Dry Sponges from the Nobbys, Phillip 

 Island. 



By J. T. Paul. — Six species of flowering plants, including 

 Crijptostylis longifolia, Loinatia ilicifolia, &c., from Grantville. 



By G. B. Pritchard. — Abnormal growths of common Mussel 

 and common Cockle. 



By Mr. F. M. Reader. — Dried plants from Wimmera — Lamiiim 

 amplexicaule, L., Bromus madritensis, L., naturalized, both new 

 for Victoria ; Lepidosperma liiieare, R. Br., new for N.W. of 

 Victoria ; Centrolepis cephahforniis, n. sp. ; also medical plants 

 from North America — Polygala senega, L., Podophyllum peltatum, 

 L., Hamamelis virginica, L., Hydrastis canadensis, L. 

 After the usual conversazione, the meeting terminated. 



EXCURSION TO BACCHUS MARSH. 



The members who met at Spencer-street on the morning of Cup 

 Day, 4th November, were few but enthusiastic, and, notwith- 

 standing the promised hot wind, were prepared to carry out the 

 lo-mile walk suggested in the monthly notice paper. However, 

 acting on the advice of the leader (Mr. C. C. Brittlebank), con- 

 veyed to one of the party some days before, it was determined to 

 take the coach from Bacchus Marsh to Myrniong (Pentland 



