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2. Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, gave, by request, a short 

 resume of " Sir Wm. Dawson's recent address to the British 

 Association." He briefly glanced at the various topics touched 

 on, and then followed up more closely Dr. Dawson's theories 

 respecting the Atlantic Ocean, pointing out by means of maps 

 and specimens the grounds for the various conclusions arrived at. 



3. Mr. A. J. Campbell, " Oology of Australian Birds." — This 

 paper described the eggs of eleven species of Australian birds, 

 recorded for the first time in 1886, and including among others 

 that of Queen Victoria's rifle-bird of Paradise. Specimens of 

 each of the eggs were exhibited. 



Madame A. Friederich contributed a short note on the 

 podura and allied forms. 



Mr. S. H. Wintle, F.L.S., related some unsuccessful attempts 

 to rear tadpoles in the dark. 



Before the meeting adjourned to the conversazione, ]\Ir. T. A. 

 Forbes-Leith, one of the vice-presidents, intimated that he was 

 about to leave the colony for Europe, and that, this being the 

 last meeting of the club at which he would be present, he 

 wished to say farewell to his fellow-members, and to thank 

 them for the kind confidence they had placed in him. Great 

 regret was expressed at the loss of Mr. Leith, who was one of 

 the founders of the Field Naturalists' Club, has served on the 

 committee throughout and as vice-president for the last three 

 years, and has contributed much, by his papers, by his exhibits, 

 and in many other ways, to the success of the Club. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 

 By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, specimens of Danais archippiis, and 

 other lepidoptera recently collected at Kew. By Mr. A. J. 

 Campbell — in illustration of his paper — nest and eggs, with pair 

 of birds, of the leaden-coloured flycatcher, Alyiagra phimbea ; 

 ^gg and pair of birds of Queen Victoria's rifle-bird of paradise, 

 PHlorhis Victoria:; eggs of northern fantail, Rhipidiira setosa ; 

 the modest coloured honey-eater, Glyciphila modesia ; the ground 

 parrakeet, Pezoporiis for?)iostis ; the rust-coloured bronze wing, 

 Lophophaps foTiiginea ; the straw-necked ibis, Carphibis spini- 

 collis ; and the diving petrel, Pelecanoides serinatrix. By IMr. A. 

 Coles, a pair of purple-headed fruit-pigeons, from Richmond 

 River, New South Wales. By Master H. B. Coles, a pair 

 of painted snipe, a pair of noisy pitta, and a kingfisher 

 from New Guinea. By IMr. T. A. Forbes-Leith, xi^iQ- 

 h'n6.s, PHlorhis paradisea ; regent birds, Sericulus 7neli7ius ; noisy 

 pittas, Pitta strepitaiis ; lorikeets, Trichoglossus cyajiogrammiis, 

 from Solomon Islands ; the chestnut-shouldered parrakeet, 

 Euphetna pulchella, and a silver mullet, Mugil zuaigensis. By 

 Mrs. Flatow, star-fish from Queensclifi'; by Mme. A. Friederich, 



