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Death Adder. The muscles are considered from a morphological standpoint, 

 and the endeavour has been made to find for each a homologue. In addition 

 to the Adder he has dissected several well-known Australian snakes and 

 lizards for comparison. The vertebrae, and their movements are described, 

 and the subject of the mechanism of the bite is dealt with. The classification 

 of AcanihopMs is discussed, and the conclusion is arrived at that there is no 

 reason why it should not be placed among the Elapidae. — 10) Description 

 of a new snake belonging to the genus Hoplocephalus. By J. Douglas 

 Ogilby, F.L.S. The name of TI. frontalis is proposed for this species on 

 account of the abnormal lateral development of the posterior frontal which 

 forms a broad suture with the second upper labial, a characteristic which the 

 author has not noticed in any other member of the genus, but which is one 

 of the characters on which Dr. Günther founded the genus Rhinelaps. The 

 habitat of H. frontalis is Narrabri , N.S.W. — 11) Notes on a small Col- 

 lection of Birds made by Mr. E. H. Saunders near Roeburne, North-western 

 Australia. By A. J. North, F.L.S. Nineteen species are recorded. They 

 were collected on Kurratha Station, 36 miles S.W. of Roeburne, the latter 

 being situated near the mouth of the Harding River. The collection includes 

 only two species typical of Western Australia , viz., Platycercns zonarius, 

 Shaw, and Dacelo cervina , Gould. — Dr. Ramsay exhibited two mounted 

 specimens of a new species of Belideus about the size of B. flaviventer ^ but 

 of a light ashy gray colour, almost white on the proximal portion of the tail, 

 which is thick, bushy and well covered with long hair to the tip ; the under 

 surface of the body is white. These specimens have been recently received 

 from the Museum collectors, Messrs. Cairn and Grant, who obtained them 

 with other new species of Phalangers on the Bellenden Kerr Ranges, North 

 Eastern Queensland. The Belideus will be described under the name of 

 B. einer eus. — Dr. Ramsay also exhibited a new species of Pseudochirus 

 (Phalanger) with a remarkably short head and long bushy tail, for which the 

 specific name of hreviceps has been proposed. — Mr. North exhibited the 

 birds mentioned in his paper, and also drew attention to the number of 

 Australian Finches now in the Sydney Market, among which he pointed 

 out several rarities, viz.: Donacicola pecforalis . Gould; Pa ep/iila mirabilis, 

 Homb. et Jacq.; Paephila leucotis, Gould; ana. Bathilda rvßcauda, Gould, 

 obtained midway between Townsville and Normanton, Northern Queens- 

 land. — Mr. North also communicated the following ,,Note on the suc- 

 cessful hatching of an egg of the Emu , Dromaius novae-hollandiae , under a 

 domestic fowl": — ,,I beg to bring under the notice of the members of 

 this Society the success attending the hatching of an emu egg under a dome- 

 stic fowl, Mrs. M. Walker, of Newtown, Sydney, has in her possession gi 

 pair of emus, Dromaius novae-hollandiae, obtained from Queensland ; early in 

 July last the female laid several eggs, one of which was by way of experiment 

 placed under a common barn-door fowl on the 15th of July. The hen sat 

 very well for two weeks, when she became restless, and another one was 

 immediately put in her place, the egg being regularly turned every morning, 

 as it was too cumbersome for the fowl. On the 2nd of September, the young 

 bird emerged from the shell, strong and healthy, and was thriving very well, 

 till turned out upon a grass plot for a run seventeen days after, when it was 

 attacked by one of the emus and never recovered. The exact period of in- 

 cubation would therefore in this case appear to be seven weeks. The young 



