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visit was paid to some old kitclien-middens, where a number of 

 aboriginal implements, such as scrapers, spear-heads, &c., were 

 secured. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland said that even if the Port Lincoln Parrot 

 was becoming scarce in that district, there was no fear at present 

 of its extinction, as its range extended through the centre of the 

 continent towards the west. 



Dr. Hall said that it was curious to notice that the islands off 

 the coast in the vicinity of Port Lincoln had been named by 

 Flinders after the names of the various farms in the neighbour- 

 hood of his birthplace in Lincolnshire, England. 



Owing to the lateness of the hour, papers by Mr. F. Chapman, 

 A.L.S., and Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., were postponed. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. J. H. Gatliff drew attention to a list of the land shells of 

 Australia recently published by Dr. J. C. Cox, of Sydney, a well- 

 known collector and authority on Australian land shells, and said 

 that the number of species recorded for Victoria was about nine- 

 teen, including three introduced species. 



Mr. F. Pitcher drew attention to the recent flowering in the 

 Nymphea Lake in the Botanic Gardens of the Sacred Lotus, 

 Nelumhiurn sjjeciostim, and said it was probable that further 

 flowers would expand during the next few weeks. 



EXHIBITS. 



The following were the principal exhibits : — 



By Mr. C. L. Barrett. — Nest and eggs of Tawny-crowned Honey- 

 eater, Glycyphila melanops, with two clutches in the same nest, 

 from Mortlock, Eyre Peninsula, S.A. ; grinding stones, quartz 

 scrapers, &c., from Eyre Peninsula. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Growing fern, Lomaria vulcanica, 

 from Cradle Mountain, Tasmania. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — Victorian shells, representative of species 

 to be found on Port Melbourne Beach, viz. : — Bivalves. — Chione 

 disjecta, Perry; C. nilida, Q. and G. ; C. strigosa, Lara.; Area 

 fasciata, Reeve ; A. trapezia, Desh. ; Tellium deltoidalis, Lam. ; 

 Soletellina donacioides, Reeve ; Anatina creccina, Reeve ; 

 Spisida parva, Petit ; Mesodesma nitida, Desh. ; Dosinia circin- 

 aria, Desh. Univalves. — Nassa labecula, A. Ad. ; JV. pauperata, 

 Lam. ; N. fasciata. Lam. ; Natica didyma, Chem. ; and N. conica, 

 Lam. 



By Mr. P. R. H. St. John. — Flowers of Eucalyjjtus tetragona, 

 F. V. M., Western Australia, and Backhousia citriodora, F. v. M., 

 Lemon-scented Myrtle, Queensland, grown in Melbourne Botanic 

 Gardens, 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



