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liberally' supplied Avith damp water-weed, in which the- fish were 

 enveloped. Above these a similar frame, which was movable, was 

 placed, at the bottom of this a piece of " scrim" (a coarse open fabric) 

 was tacked, this to allow of the free percolation of water. The fish 

 were all placed with their heads in one direction. When the train 

 stopped for a supply of water for the engine, I filled my can and 

 sprinkled the fish, more especially their heads. On arrival at 

 Toowoomba, 235 miles from Miva, Mary River, I found that one of 

 the fish lay with its head in the opposite direction to its mates. I 

 placed it in its proper position, but when inspecting them on their 

 arrival at Warwick, their destination, a further distance of 68 miles, 

 I noticed one turn sideways and reverse its position with mai-vellous 

 celerity. This was rendered possible through the frame of ceratodus 

 being of cartilage and not of bone. The fish were altogether thirty- 

 three hours out of the water. The new m.ethod of transpoii; proved 

 more satisfactory than the old, and was subsequently adopted, as not 

 a single fish died during transport, a result never previously obtained. 



(2.) The problem " What becomes of ceradotus during its early 

 existence?" has been solved. To Mr. Harold H. Wilson, of Coranga 

 Station, on the Uiver Burnett, is due its solution. Mr. Wilson, aided 

 by an aboriginal, made diligent search in the mud of the river, the 

 water being unusually low at the time, and after a good deal of per- 

 severance succeeded in unearthing a fine specimen about 14 in. in 

 length. This he sent to the museum, but it arrived in a decomposed 

 state, and was found to be useless. On being informed of this, Mr. 

 Wilson resumed his search, and found another, and this he sent to the 

 museum in a bottle of spirits (now on view). I have since seen a 

 third specimen, about a foot long, which was also dug out of the mud. 



It was previously supposed that the young ceratodus spent its 

 early years in the mud, but this is the first i-ecord of the young fish 

 actually being taken from the m\id and preserved. 



3.— LIST OF BIRDS OCCUERING WITHIN A TWELVE-MILE RADIUS 



OF BRISBANE. 



By W. E. WEATHERILL, Brislane Museum. 



4.— LIST OF FROGS OF THE BRISBANE DISTRICT. 

 By JOSEPH LA2IB, Brisbane Museum. 



5.— LIST OF FISHES OF THE BRISBANE WATERSHED. 

 By J. D. OGILBY. 



6.— THE PRINCIPLES OF SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION IN 

 NATURAL HISTORY. 



By REVB'. THOMAS BLACKBURN, B.A. 



7.— COLEOPTERA OF FIG-TREE POCKET AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By RICHARD E. SWAN. 



