126 THE BIRDS OF THE CHINCHILLA DISTRICT. 
Plotus nove-hollandize, Gould. The Snake Bird. 
Podiceps australis, Gould. The Dab Chick. 
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885. 
In THE Presence or His Excentency Sir AntHony MosGRrave, 
K.C.M.G., Parron or THE Society; A. Norton, Esq. 
M.L.A., Vick-PRESIDENT, IN THE CHAIR. 
Mr. Clement L. Wragge, of the Ben Nevis Observatory, was 
introduced as a visitor. 
NEW MEMBERS. 
Alexander Corrie, Esq., Brisbane; J. Hamilton, Esq., M.L.A.; 
KE. Mansfield, Hsq., Brisbane; D. Mapleston, Esq., Brisbane; B. 
D. Morehead, Esq., M.L.A.; W. Kinnaird Rose, Esq., Bris- 
bane; H. H. A. Russell, Esq., Milton; C. J. Stevens, Esq., 
M.L.A.; J. Stevenson, Esq., M.L.A.; and J. Thomson, Hsq., 
M.B., etc. 
DONATIONS ANNOUNCED. 
“Proceedings of the Geographical Society of Australasia,”’ 
Vol. I. Sydney, 1885. From the Society. 
“Victorian Naturalist,’ Vol. II., No. 4. Melbourne, 1885. 
From the Field Naturalists’ Club of Victoria. 
“Nineteenth Annual Report on the Colonial Museum and 
Laboratory, &c.” Wellington, 1885. From the Director, Colonial 
Museum and Geological Survey of New Zealand. 
“Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of 
Victoria,” Vol. XXI. Melbourne, 1885. From the Society. 
“Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales,” Vol. 
XVIII. Sydney, 1885. From the Society. 
