THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 29' 



insects, mostly taken at Kew, including several scarce species.. 

 A number of pot (Victorian) ferns, including Gleichenia 

 dicarpa, G. flahellata, Lomaria fluviatilis, Aspleniuvi umbrosum, 

 etc. 



Mr. D. Best, Fitzroy — A fine collection of Australian beetles 

 of the various families, and a case of hymenoptera (wasps, etc.). 



Mr. C. C. Brittlebank, Springvale — Some excellent water- 

 colour drawings of local butterflies and moths. 



Mr. N. J. Caire, South Yarra — Photographs of Gippsland 

 scenery. 



Miss F. M. Campbell, South Yarra — A comprehensive- 

 collection of Victorian fungi ; an extensive series of specimens 

 of fruits, vegetables, and indigenous plants attacked by micro- 

 fungi, illustrative of vegetable pathology ; water-colour drawings 

 of fungi. 



Mr. A. J. Campbell, Armadale — A large case containing lyre 

 birds, with nests, ground thrush, robins, etc., entitled " An> 

 Ornithological Study ;" sea birds' eggs, also some aboriginal 

 weapons and implements from the Herbert River tribe. North 

 Queensland. 



Mr. G. Coghill, Hawthorn — Orchids in pots, Eriochilus 

 fimbriatus, Pterostylis pedaloglossum, P. reflexa, etc. 



Mr. A. Coles, Melbourne — A case of British game birds ; a 

 case of Chinese or king quail, with eggs, young, and food ; a 

 case of plain plover, with eggs, young, and food ; a shade with 

 a rifle-bird, regent-bird, and crimson-shouldered lory ; an' 

 Australian powerful owl, European owl, pair of lyre birds, with 

 e^g. An orang-outang, a red wallaby, a platypus, an alligator. A 

 collection of mounted fish, including the parrot fish, John Dory, 

 silver bream, silk fish, stranger, etc. 



Mr. A. W. Coles, South Melbourne — Four native bears, 

 Phascolarcius cmereus. 



Mr. E. M. Cornwall, South Yarra — Thirty species of Victorian 

 birds, including Strix ttnehricosa, Halietus leucogaster, etc. ;: 

 thirty species of Queensland birds ; two cases of Australian 

 birds' eggs, including those of Casuarius Australis, Ptiloiis flava, 

 P. cassidix, Menura Victoria, etc. ; twenty varieties of Australian 

 birds' nests, and native weapons from Queensland. 



Mr. J. E. Dixon, Murrumbeena — A case of rare Victorian 

 fossils. 



Mrs. Flatow, Carlton — Two cases of shells, a shade of sea- 

 weeds, mounted seaweeds, hydrozons, a sea fan, a sea pen, etc. 



Mr. C. French, F.L.S., South Yarra — A collection of Victorian 

 orchids (dried), also of Victorian ferns (dried) ; a case of 

 humming birds (mounted) ; a case of Australian and exotic- 

 butterflies and moths ; a case of walking-stick insects from 

 North Queensland. 



