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NOVEMBER, 1867. 



The monthly evening meeting of the Fellows was held on Tuesday, the 

 12th. November, J, Barnard, Esq., in the chair. 



Captain W. Crosby, who had been previously nominated by the Council, 

 was after a ballot declared to be duly elected a Fellow of the Society. 



The Secretary, Dr. Agnew, laid on the table the usual monthly returns, 

 viz. : — 



1. Visitors to Museum during October, 664. 



2. Ditto to Gardens ditto, 2119. 



3. Plants, &c., received at Gardexis. — From Mr. C. Creswell, 63 papers 



of seeds of annual and herbaceous plants, most of which, are new 

 to the Gardens. From Messrs. Taylor and Sangster, Melbourne, 

 lo plants, six varieties of Rose cuttings. 



4. Seeds sent from Gardens to Acclimatisation Society, Otago, New 



Zealand — 50 papers of seeds. 



0. Time of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few standard plants in 



Botanic Gardens. 



6. Periodicals received. 



7. Presentations to Museum. 

 Meteorological Returns. 



1. Hobart Town, from F. Abbott, Esq. — Table and summary of obser- 



vations for October. 



2. Port Arthur, from J. Boyd, Esq, — Table for September. 

 •3. Westbury, from F. Belstead, Esq. — Table for October. 



4. Sydney, New South Wales, from G. R. Smalley, Esq., Government 

 Astronomer. — Printed tables for June, July, August, and Septem- 

 ber, 1867. 



A letter was read from the Secretary of the Queenborough Horticultural 

 Improvement Association, acknowledging with thanks the receipt of the 

 meteorological records and abstracts published by the Society. 



A communication from Mr. Denny, A.L.S., (Leeds Philosophical and 

 Literary Society) was read, asking for parasites from our indigenous 

 animals, especially from the Native Tiger, Devil, Bandicoot, Kangaroo 

 and Wallaby, Platypus, Ecliidna, &c. ; also skeletons of any of the above. 

 If any of the Fellows or other friends in country districts could send 

 such specimens as are required, the Secretary intimated that they would 

 be gladly accepted, and forwarded to Mr. Denny by the first opportunity. 



The presentations to the Museum were as follows : — 



1. From Mr. Aitken, Southland, New Zealand, portions of upper and 



lower mandibles, and joint of toe of Moa (Binornis sp.J, human 

 lower jaw, and frontal bone showing two tomahawk cuts, two fossil 

 shells f casts), specimen of fossil wood, two masses of fossil shells, 

 and eight other geological specimens. 



2. From Mr. Duncan Chisholm. Specimen of th.e Channel-bill 



(Scythrops Xovoi HoUandice, Lath.), shot at Clarence Plains, Tas- 

 mania, by Mr. D. Josephs. 

 This is a very interesting specimen, being the first which has been pro- 

 cured in Tasmania. According to Gould the Scythrops belongs to the 

 Cuculidse (Cuckoos), and is a migrator}'- bird of New South Wales, which 

 is the only colony in which it was seen by hiai. This specimen was 



