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Section D. 



Biology. 



President of Section — Professor W. Baldwix-Spencer, M.A., Professor of 

 Biologj, University Melbourne. 



Page 



1. The Origin of Struthious Birds of Australasia. By Professor 



HUTTON, F.R.S., F.G.S., C.M.Z.S., Professor of Biology, Christ- 

 church, N.Z '. 3G5 



2. Notes on some Land Planarians from Tasmania and South Aus- 



tralia. By Arthur Bendy, M.Sc, F.L.S. (Abstract) 369 



3. Further Observations on Eggi of Peripatus. By Arthur Dendy, 



M.Sc, F.L.S. (Abstract) 375 



4. The Markings of Fish with relation to their Hereditary or Phylo- 



genetic import. By W. Saville Kent, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries, Queensland 381 



5. On a Trematode with ciliated Integument. By Professor 



Haswell, M.A., D.Sc, F.L.8., Sydney University 387 



0. Queensland Fungus Blights. By F. M. Bailey, F.L,S. 388 



7. Preliminary Note on the Vesiculae Seminales and the Spermato- 



phores of Callorhyncus antarcticus. By Professor Parker, 

 B.Sc, F.R.S., Professor of Biology in the University of Otago, 

 New Zealand 401 



8. Zoological Exploration of the Island Timor. By Colonel Legge, 



R.A. (Abstract) 403 



9. The Affinities of the Florulas in Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. 



By Professor Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S., Professor of Natural Science, 

 Adelaide University 407 



10. The Systematic Position of Bithinia Huonensis. By Professor 



Tate, F.G.S., F.L.S 407 



11. The Preservation of our Native Plants and Animals. By A, F. 



Robin 407 



12. The Habits of Ceratodus, the Lung-Fish of Queensland. By 



Professor W. Baldavin-Spencer, M.A., President of Section. 407 



13. Reviews of Queensland Lichens. By J. Shirley, B.Sc 407 



14. List of Tasmanian Mosses. By W. A. Weymouth 407 



15. Notes on a young Echidna Setosa. By A. Morton 407 



10. (Appendix.) The Geographical Distribution of Australian 



Limicola-. By Colonel Legge, R.A 1)38 



Section E. 



Geography. 



President of Section — Commander Pasco, R.N. 



1. An Old MS. Chart of Tasmania in the Records of the India 



Office. By A. Mault 408 



2. Icelandic Notes. By Rev. J. W. B. Woollnough, M.A 412 



3. Magnetic Shoal near Cossack, W.A. By Captain Usborne 



Moore, R.N 41G 



4. Explorations and Discoveries in British New Guinea since the 



Proclamation of Sovereignty. By J. P. Thomson, F.R.G.S., 



&c. (Abstract) 419 



5. Volcanic Plienomena in Samoa in 1866. By J. Frazer, LL.D. . 440 

 C. The Influence of Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries on the 



Theory of a Southern Continent. By J. M'Clymont, M.A 442 



7. Account of the Lindsay Explorations. By Hon. D. Murray, 



M.L.C 462 



8. Life and Works of Sir John Franklin. By A. C. Macdonald, 



F.R.G.S.j F.R. Hist. Soc. E , ,..,. .,., 468 



