Nov., 1908.] THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 95 



Baker, H. H., Melbourne — Watson and Sons' Microscopes and Accessories ; 



Collecting Apparatus for field workers. 

 Barnard, F. G. A., Kew — Pair of Flying Mice, Acrobates pygmceus 



(mounted) ; growing Victorian Orchids, Pteroslylis nutans and P. 



concinna ; all the Victorian fern.s of the genus Lomaria, viz. : — Lomaria 



alpina, L. lanceolata, L. rivniaris, L. Pater soni, L. Capense, L. Capense, 



var. procera, and L. discolor, var. bipinnatifida ; growing specimen of 



Native Beech, Fagtis Cunninghauii. 

 Best, D., Auburn — Four cabinet drawers of Australian Beetles— Buprestidse, 



Cerambycid^e, &c. 

 Cochrane, Miss S., Carlton — Paintings of Victorian Orchids and Wild 



Flowers. 

 Cole, C. F., Auburn — Cases of Mounted Birds, viz, : — White-plumed Honey- 

 eater, with young of Pallid Cuckoo ; Blue Wrens, with nest and eggs ; 



Satin Bower-birds ; Black Cockatoos ; Grey Goshawk ; Mountain 



Ducks ; Pectoral Rails ; Parrots, &c. 

 Coles, H. J., Melbourne — Cases containing group of Lyre-birds ; Reed- 

 Warbler, with nest ; Chestnut-breasted Sheldrake, with young ; Pointed 



Snipe ; Brown Quail ; Kangaroo ; Wedge-tailed Eagles ; Native Bears ; 



Opossums ; mounted Fish, &c. 

 CuDMORE, Master F., South Yarra— Collection of Fossils. 

 Department of Agriculture, Entomological Branch — Cabinet drawers 



of Life- Histories of Insects, &c., &c. 

 Director Botanic Gardens, Melbourne— Collection of Australian Flowers 



and collection of Victorian and other Australian Acacias, both from plants 



growing in Melbourne Botanic Gardens. 

 Dixon, J. E. , Richmond — Six cabinet drawers of Australian Coleoptera 



(Beetles) ; families — Lucanidae, Scai-abidae, Buprestidae, and Ceram- 



bycidae. 

 EwART, Prof. A. J., D.Sc, University — Plant Models. Coloured Drawings 



of Australian Plants, by Miss Sambell. 

 French, C, FL.S., Auburn — Four cabinet drawers of Foreign Butterflies 



(family Morpho). 

 Gabriel, J., Abbotsford — Twenty cabinet drawers of Australian Birds' Eggs. 

 Gabriel, C. J.. Abbotsford — Cabinet drawers of Australian and Foreign 



Marine Shells, including no species of Pectens and Chlamys, 170 of 



Cyprea, Spondylus, Tenophora, &c. ; case of rare Victorian Marine 



Shells. 

 Gatliff, J. H., Carlton — Four cabinet drawers of Marine Shells (genus 



Voluta ; 62 species, 220 specimens). 

 Hall, Dr. T. S., ^LA., Camberwell — Graptolites. 

 Hardy, Mrs. A. D., Kew — Trap-door Spiders, &c., from Queensland. 

 Hardy, A. D., F.L.S., F.R.M.S., Kew— Skin of Dingo from Wilson's 



Promontory ; dried Ferns from Otway Forest ; specimen of "Vegetable 



Caterpillar," Cordyceps taylori. 

 Harvey, J. H., A.R.LV.A., East Melbourne— Stereoscope and Views of 



Jenolan Caves, &c. 

 Keartland, G. a., Preston — Australian Birds' Skins. 

 Kershaw, J. A., F. E.S., Windsor — Twelve cabinet drawers of Australian 



Butterflies and Moths. 

 Lyell, G. , F. E.S., Gisborne — Three cabinet drawers of Australian Moths 



(family Geometrinae, '* Emeralds," &c.) 

 Mattingley, a. H. E.. C.M.Z.S., North Melbourne— " From Bird to 



Bonnet " (enlarged Photographs of Bird Destruction) ; Punt Guns ; Bark 



Canoe ; Photographs of Birds and Nests. 

 NE^VELL, J., Fitzroy — Cages of live Australian and Foreign Birds; cases of 



Foreign Beetles, Butterflies, and Moths. 

 NiCHOLLS, B., North Melbourne — Teeth of Australian Animals, 



