18 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



The author gave many notes on the birds seen by him at the 

 Horticultural Gardens during his three years' course of study 

 there. 



The paper was discussed by Messrs. Keartland, Le Souef, 

 R. Hall, Kershaw, T. S. Hall, M.A., Mattingley, Barnard, 

 and A. J. Campbell. 



2. By Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., entitled "List of Birds, 

 with their Eggs, obtained by Mr. E. Olive on the Katharine 

 River, Northern Territory." 



The author extended the notes forwarded by Mr. Olive, and 

 gave many interesting particulars as to the range of habitat of the 

 birds mentioned. 



The President, Messrs. G. A. Keartland, R. Hall, and A. J. 

 Campbell joined in the discussion which followed. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. T. A. Brittlebank communicated a note on the late^or, 

 perhaps, early — building and nesting of birds this year. 



Mr. C. French, jun., recorded the finding of the rare Victorian 

 orchid, Pterostylis acuminata, at Sandringham, 30th April, 1899. 



Mr. George E. Shepherd forwarded a note on the occurrence 

 of the Little Eagle at Somerville, and exhibited the bird mounted. 



Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., read a description of the nest and 

 eggs of the Silvery-crowned Friar-bird, Philemon argenticeps, 

 of North Queensland. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. C. French, F.L.S. — An Australian specimen of the 

 rare butterfly, Libythea Geoffroyi, from North Queensland. 

 By Mr. C. French, jun. — Plant new for Victoria and New 

 South Wales, Ejiacris mucronulaia, R. Brown (" Prodromus," 

 552, from Tasmania only in 1810), simultaneously found by 

 J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., on Mt. Kosciusko, New South Wales, 

 and by C. Walter on the Buffalo Mountains, Victoria, Jan- 

 uary, 1899. By Mr. R. Hall. — Nest of Chestnut-rumped 

 Acanthiza in spout of a tree. By Mr. D. Le Souef. — Skin 

 and eggs of Crimson-winged Lory, and skin of Red-winged 

 Lory, By Mr. F. M. Reader. — Dried specimens of plants, 

 Lepturus cylindricus, F. v. M., Lepidosperma concavum, R. Br., 

 Isoeles Drummondii, A. Br., new for the north-west of Victoria. 

 By Mr. J. Searle. — Larva of small fly, Syrphus, sp., which feeds 

 on aphides, also pupa and parasite. 



In last meeting's list of exhibits the shells illustrating Messrs. 

 Gabriel and Tisdall's paper should have been listed as lent by 

 Mr. C. Gabriel. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



