Town, and measured 1ft. Hn. in Icnj^th. Tlio li<j;ht colour of the specimen 

 is due to its havinc: but recently chanf^ed its t?kin when killed.] 



13. From I\Ir. G. Weaver— A Musk Duck ( liiziiira lohnta). 



14. lYom I\Ir. Luttrcll — Specimens of (|uartz from Tomahawk River 



and Pioneer licef, Waterhouse. that from the latter place being 

 auriferous. Four small Crabs from North Coast. 



15. From INIr. D. Chisholm — A large Fungus from a gum tree. Skeleton 



of young Sting Ray. 

 IG. From Mr. A. Nicholas, per Mr. F. Abbott — A fossil Spatangua 

 from New Zealand. 



17. From Mr. R. Propsting — A Swamp Hawk (Circus Assimilis—AWiedt. 

 Harrier). 



18. From Mr. Geo. "W. Rex — The crop of a Fowl containing an entire 



Whip Snake. 

 [This specimen was discovered on the fowl being killed, and in course 

 of preparation for the table. The bird had previously presented no unusual 

 appearance, and had received no injury from swallowing the reptile.] 



19. From Mr. A. Neilson — A very large specimen of the common Slug, 



which when alive measured six inches in length. 



20. From Mr. F. Smith, Holbrook Place — A large moUusk (Ajjlt/sia 



sp.J, from Brown's River. 



21. From Mr. R. James — Part of the skeleton of a Ray (?). 



22. From Mr. G. J. Smith — Piece of native box wood, with thorns 



embedded in its substance. 



23. From Mr. Exton, Oatlands — A Rail (Ralhos Lewinii). 



24. From Mr. H. Nelson — Sample of Coal from Greymouth, New 



Zealand. The seam from which this coal is obtained is said to 

 be 16 feet, in thickness. 



25. From Mr. Plunkett, Sandy J3ay — A Pair of Mittens made by 



Esquimaux of Behring's Strait. 



26. From M. Allport, Esq— A collection of Insects from Port Arthur. 



27. From Mr. Gidley Lewis — A Russian Silver Coin of the Empress 



Catherine, 1796. Specimen of handwriting of General Moreau. 



28. From Mr. R. P5'bus, Bruni Island— A 5s. piece of Charles II, 1677. 



29. From Mr. W. Cole, Cleveland — One Spanish silver coin, Carolus 



III., 1781. One United States ditto, \ dime, 1854. One brass 

 ditto, Louis XVI. of France, 1792. One silver Coin unknown. 



30. From H. Hopkins, jun., Esq., a foetal lamb (a monstrosity.) Two 



Dories, 



31. From the Trustees, Australian Museum, Sydney, per the Hon. E. 



Deas Thomson, C.B. — Part of skull and upper jaw of fossil 



Sarcophilus (Devil) from Wellington Caves, N. S. Wales. Eight 



photographs of Ceratodus Forsteri, a fish inhabiting the Burnett 



River, N.S.W. 



[This fish is admirably adapted to many of the streams of the colony, 



which although comparatively large rivers in the winter season, present 



only a chain of pools in the summer. The Ceratodus by means of its 



fins is enabled to travel considerable distances on land, and when a 



pool in which it may be present is dried up it can thus go in search of 



another.] 



32. From M. Allport, Esq.— Part of skull of Tunny, washed on 



shore. North Coast of Tasmania. 



33. From Baron F. Von. Miieller — Skeleton of a White Swan. 



34. From Mrs. Chapman, Macquarie-street — Seeds from Borneo. 



35. From Mr. James, Collins-street — Jaw of species of Shark. 



36. From Mr. Walter Paisley, Franklin, per Mr. Graves— A Guttle 



Fish. 

 [This interesting Cephalopod belongs to the Octopodidcey and specimens 



