MONTHLY NOTICES 



OF 



Papers and Proceedings 



OF THE 



ROYAL SOCIETY 



OF 



TASMANIA, 



FOR 



jfune, July, and August, 1874, 



CONTENTS. page 



Papers and Proceedings for June, 1874 23 



» ,, July, 1874 26 



,, ,,. ' August, 1874 , 2 g 



Notes on some species of Tasmanian Birds. By Lieut. W. V. Legge, R.A., F Z S , 



M.R.A.S " 31 



Additional and Corrected Elements for the Transit of Venus, December oth, 1874 



By F. Abbott, F.R. AS., F.R.M.S. „. . 37 



Notes on the Physical and Zoological Relations between Australia and Tasmania. 



By the Rev. J. E. Tenison Woods, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R.G.S., &c, &c. ... 42 



The Launceston Tertiary Basin. Second Paper by R. M. Johnston. 53 



Meteorology for May, 1874 vii. 



,, June, 1874 viii. 



,, July, 1874 x. 



,, August, 1874 xi. 



,, September, 1874 xiii. 



TASMANIA : 

 PRINTED AT THE "MERCURY " STEAM TRESS OFFICE, HOBART TOWN. 



1874. 



