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have found it along the coast near Torquay. It has been 

 dredged by J. B. Wilson in about 6 fathoms, off Portsea. I am 

 unable to identify the species. 



7. EUPATAGUS VALENCIENNESII, L. Ag. 



We have three examples in the collection, dredged by J. B. 

 Wilson at Port Phillip Heads, probably in 10 to 30 fathoms. It 

 was obtained by the Challenger off Sydney in 30 to 35 fathoms. 

 Tenison Woods some years ago regarded it as only a North-east 

 Australian form, but now we know it ranges much further south. 



8. ECHINOCARDIUM AUSTRALE, Gray. 



This is the commonest Urchin in Port Phillip and on the mud 

 flats of Western Port. It varies a good deal in size, but its 

 general characters are fairly constant. It ranges from Japan to 

 New Zealand, and thence by southern Australia to Mozambique 

 and Cape Colony. In depth it goes from a couple of fathoms 

 down to 2,675 fathoms. Agassiz thinks it possible that it is 

 identical with the European E. cordatum. If so its range is 

 enormous. Other authorities do not agree with him. In the 

 northern hemisphere the genus extends back to the Eocene. In 

 Australia we do not know it as a fossil. The dried tests some- 

 times strew our beaches opposite mud flats in thousands. 



9. LiNTHiA AUSTRALis, Gray. 



I have seen several small examples of this species. The 

 fascioles were clearly marked and traceable throughout. It has 

 been dredged by Wilson in about 6 fathoms, and a dried test 

 from Shoreham was given me by Mr. F. Chapman, A. L.S. It is 

 recorded from Tasmania by the Challenger. Woods says it is 

 liable to confusion with Brissus carinatus. 



There seem to be a good many species which ought to be in 

 this list and are not, and we must look to future collecting to 

 increase it. 



Flamingos. — Though flamingos are birds which are compara- 

 tively common in zoological gardens, it seems that considerable 

 uncertainty has existed as to their method of nesting, and it is 

 only recently that the first nests of these birds have reached New 

 York. These were obtained at the Bahamas, after considerable 

 difficulty, by Prof Frank M. Chapman, of the Department of 

 Ornithology of the American Museum of Natural History. An 

 account of his experiences, with illustrations of the "rookery" 

 and a nest, is given in a recent number of the Scientific American 

 (23/7/04). An article on the same subject appears in the 

 Windsor Magazine for July, 1904. From these it seems that few 

 persons have had the opportunity of studying the birds in their 

 lagoon homes. In the classification of birds the Flamingo was 



