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•australisjy from near Victor Harbour, and, for comparison 
with Mr. Ashby's specimens, Calyptorhyfic/nis na^o^ cock 
and hen and two eggs, from MacDonneil Ranges, also C. 
furnereus and C. hanksii. Mr. J. G. O. Tepper, F.L.S., ex- 
hibited tsetse flies. 
Mr. Howchin, F.G.S., then opened the discussion on 
Messrs. Iliffe and Basedow's paper on the Cambrian glaciation 
in South Australia. In a carefully considered address he 
showed that the beds in question had no resemblance to a 
crush conglomerate, as advocated by the essayists, but that 
they answered in every particular to a glacial till laid down 
by floating ice. The paper was a crude attempt to explain 
phenomena with which the writers had insufficient acquaint- 
ance. Mr. D. Mawson, E.Sc, B.E., in supporting Mr. How- 
chin, said that from a petrological examination of these rocks 
there was no evidence in support of the theory of their being 
crush conglomerates produced by cataclastic action. 
Papers. — "South Australian Decapod Crustaceans," 
part 2, by W. H. Baker. "Description of Vertebrae of Geny- 
ornis newtoni," being part 3 of "Memoirs on Fossil Remains 
of Lake Callabonna," bv Professor E. C. Stirling, M.D., 
F.R.S., and A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. 
Ordinary Meeting, June 6, 1905. 
The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in the 
chair. 
Nomination. — Dr. Rogers, M.A., as a Fellow. 
Ballot. — The following were elected : — George Brook- 
man, Gentleman, of North Gilberton, as a Fellow; Charles 
H. Hedley, F.L.S., Naturalist, Australian Museum, Sydney : 
and Thomas Gill, I.S.O., Under-Treasurer, as Hon. Mem- 
bers ; and G. M. Thomson, F.L.S., F.C.S., Chemist and Bac- 
teriologist, Dunedin, New Zealand, as a Corresponding Mem- 
ber. 
Exhibits. — A. H. C. Zietz, Assistant Director of the 
Museum, a very large and beautiful collection of Australian 
finches' skins. Mr. Zietz described the birds, their nests, and 
also mentioned the parts of Australia in whicn the various 
species were found. 
Papers.— "An Aroid New for Australia," by J. H. Mai- 
den, F.L.S., Director of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney. "Fur- 
ther Researches on the Alpha Rays of Radium," by Profes- 
sor W. H. Bragg, M.A. 
■chair 
Ordinary Meeting, July 4, 1905. 
The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.), in Ihe 
