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found among the specimens in the collection of the late Dr. 

 Sonder, purchased for the Herbarium some years ago. These 

 bore pre-Linnean names, and were marked as collected in India 

 in 1695, also with the word "Pet.," which on investigation 

 proved to be an abbreviation of Petiver, the name of a botanist 

 who described some plants in the " Transactions of the Royal 

 Society of London" in 1703, and the specimens had evidently 

 been mounted by or belonged to him. They were still in 

 excellent preservation, and were exhibited at the close of the 

 meeting. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. A. J. Campbell. — Eggs of the Egret, Herodias timor- 

 iensis, from New South Wales. By Mr. A. Coles. — White Goshawk, 

 male and female. By Mr. R. Hall. — Five phases of Pardalotus 

 assimilis. By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Glossy Ibis, Falcinellus 

 igneus, and Greenshank, Glottis glottoides, both shot in Victoria, 

 also eggs of above received from Europe. By Mr. J. G. 

 Luehmann, F.L.S. — Four specimens of plants in illustration of 

 his remarks. By Mr. H. C. Smart. — Three specimens of 

 Climacteris leucophoce and two of C. pyrronhota — the latter is now 

 probably recorded for the first time from Victoria ; the specimens 

 were obtained at Loch in November last. By Mr. H. T. Tisdall. 

 — Specimens of plants collected during recent excursion to 

 Wallaby Creek. By Mr. Chas. Walter. — Dried plants : new 

 species — Eucalyptus torquata, J. G. Luehmann, from Coolgardie 

 district, W.A., collected by L. C. Webster ; new localities — Acacia 

 glaucescens, Willd., Eurobin Valley, Buffalo Mountains, N.E. 

 Victoria, collected by Jas. Wm. Mansfield ; Cotula filicula, J. 

 Hooker, Mount Macedon, collected by C. French, jun., and C. 

 Walter; Aster pimeleoides, Cun., Myrniong Ranges, Bacchus 

 Marsh, Nov., 1899, collected by C. and T. Brittlebank. 

 After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



South Australian Ornithological Association. — A 

 meeting of this association was held on 5th January, when the 

 president. Dr. A. M. Morgan, occupied the chair. The president 

 illustrated in a practical way, by means of the sternum bones, the 

 differences between certain genera of Australian birds, pointing 

 out the importance of the study of the anatomical characters in 

 the arrangement of species. The eggs of the Black-fronted, Red- 

 capped, and other Australian Dottrels were exhibited by Dr. 

 Morgan. Two mounted specimens of a Neophema, probably 

 N. elegans, though marked with very large patches of orange on 

 the under surface, were exhibited by Mr. J. W. Mellor, as well as 

 eggs of the Ruddy Nightjar, Yellow-breasted Fig-bird, Brown- 

 backed Honey-eater, and nest and eggs of the Mistletoe-bird from 

 Queensland. 



