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of the Queensland Government to retire Mr. Bailey from the 

 position of State Botanist. It would respectfully urge that 

 if this cannot be avoided, it may at least be delayed until the 

 completion of Mr. Bailey's valuable work." The Secretary 

 was instructed to forward the above resolution to the Premier 

 of Queensland, and to inform the Secretary of the Linnean 

 Society of New South Wales what had been done. 



Paper. — "Aboriginal Rock Painting on South Para," by 

 Professor E. C. Stirling, F.R.S. 



Ordinary Meeting, September 2, 1902. 



Walter Howchin, F.G.S. (Vice-President) in the chair. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Chief Secretary's 

 Office, Brisbane, Q., acknowledging receipt of letter of August 

 7, 1902, conveying motion passed by this Society urging that 

 the services of Mr. F. M. Bailey, Colonial Botanist of Queena- 

 laind, be retained until the completion of his work on the 

 "Queensland Flora," to inform the Society that Mr. Bailey's 

 services would be retained until the end of the present year to 

 enable him to complete the work in question. 



Exhibits. — Dr. Morgan exhibited a number of bird skins 

 from the Gawler Ranges. Amongst these were Collyriocnicla 

 rufiventris, Micrceca assimilis, Srnicroruis brevirostris, Malu- 

 rus callainus, M. assimilis, Amytis textilis, Acanthiza tennui- 

 rostris, A. pyrrkopygia, A. uropygialis, Phyrrholaernus hrun- 

 neus, Cinclosoma castaneonotuni, CaJamanthuH canipestris^ 

 Eopsaltria georgiana, Pachyctphala gilberti, Climacterh super- 

 riliosa, C rufa, Glycyphila albifrons, Ptilotis ornata, Parda- 

 lotus ornatus. J. G. 0. Tepper, F.L.S., shoot of Canna, in 

 which the scale (Dactylopius) had caused decay from top down- 

 wards. This scale, very active for thia^ class of insect, is 

 about one-eighth inch long, not very numerous, and conceals 

 itself in the sheath of the plant, from which it is not easily 

 removed. A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S., a skin of flame-breasted 

 Robin {Petrceca phoenicea). It is numerous in the Bassian sub- 

 region, aind is found near the foot of the Adelaide hills on 

 newly ploughed land. Mr. Zietz also showed the skin of the 

 fantailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flahelliformis) and of double- 

 banded Dottrel (Aegialitis hicincta). The former bird is 

 found in the gullies near Adelaide, but seems to leave during 

 the breeding season. The latter was shot near Balaklava, 

 South Australia. Was in nuptial dress, but breeds in New 

 Zealand. 



Paper. — "Some New Australian Geometrina, drc," by 

 Oswald Lower, F. Ent. S., London. 



