vi Contents. 



Art. XYT. On the Origin of the Sternum. By T. Jeflery Parker, tagks 

 B.Sc, F.K.S., Professor of Biology in the Univer- 

 sity of Otago. . .. .. .. .. 119-123 



XVII. Description of a New Species of Migas, with Notes 



on its Habits. By P. Goyen, F.L.S. .. ..123-12G 



XVIII. Notice of the Occurrence of the Basking Shark 

 {Selache maxima, L.) in New Zealand. By T. F. 

 Cheeseman, F.L.S. , Curator of the Auckland 

 Museum .. .. .. .. .. 126-127 



XIX. On New Species of Aranctc. By A. T. Urquhart, 



Corr. Jlem. Eoyal Society of Tasmania . . . . 128-189 



XX. Notes on Sccloglaux alhifacics, the Laughing Owl of 



New Zealand. By R. I. Kingsley . . . . 190-191 



XXI. Description of a Remarkable Variation in the Colour 



of Platyccrcus attriccps. By R. I. Kingsley . . 192 



XXII. On the Occurrence of Danais j^Jc^'il^l^iis and S2)hi')ix 



convoh-tili (7) in Nchon. By R. I. Kingsley .. 192-191 



XXIII. On Rats and Mice. By Taylor White . . . . 195-201 



XXIV. On Rabbits, Weasels, and Sparrows. By Taylor 



White .. .. .. .. .. 201-207 



XXV. Further Notes on Coloured Sheep. By Taylor White 207-21G 

 XXVI. On the Birds of the Kermadec Islands. By T. F. 

 Cheeseman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Curator of the Auck- 

 land Museum . . . . . . . . 21G-226 



XXVII. A New Parasitic Copepod. By George M. Thomson, 



F.L.S. .. .. .. .. .. 227-229 



XXVIII. On the Wandering Albatros ; with an Exhibition of 

 Specimens, and the Determination of a New 

 Species. By Sir Walter L. Buller, K.C.M.G., 

 F.R.S. .. .. .. .. .. 230-235 



II. — Geology. 



XXIX. Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fossil Flora of 

 New Zealand. By Professor Dr. Constantin Baron 

 von Ettingshausen, Hon. I\Iember N.Z. Institute; 

 communicated by Sir James Hector . . . . 237-310 



XXX. On the Drift in South Canterbury. By J. Hardcastle 311-324 

 XXXI. On the Timaru Loess as a Climate Register. By J. 



Hardcastle .. .. .. .. .. 321-332 



XXXII. On Glacier-motion. By J. Hardcastle .. ..332-334 



XXXIII. On the Microscopical Structure of the Ohinemuri 



Gold. By Dr. Rudolf Haeusler . . . . 335-340 



XXXIV. On the Relation of the Kidnapper and Pohui Con- 



glomerates to the Napier Limestones and Petane 



Marls. By H. Hill, B.A. . . . . . . 840-353 



XXXV. Note on the Eruptive Rocks of the Bluf! Peninsula, 



Southland. By Professor F. \Y. Hutton . . 353-355 



XXXVI. On the Murchison Glacier. By G. E. Mannering . . 355-366 

 XXXVII. On Avian Remains found under a Lava-flow near 

 Timaru, in Canterbury. By H. 0. Forbes : com- 

 municated by the Secretary of the Philosophical 

 Institute of Canterbury . . . . . . 366-373 



XXXVIII. Note on the Disappearance of the ]\Ioa. By H. 0. 

 Forbes : communicated by the Secretary of the 

 Philosophical Institute of Canterbury . . . . 373-375 



XXXIX. On a Deposit of Diatomaceous Earth at Pakaraka, 

 Bay of Islands, Auckland. By Alexander McKay, 

 F.G.S. .. .. .. .. .. 375-37* 



