100 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



pears, it alighted on the barbed wire surrounding the orchard, 

 and its fine wings being easily pierced by the barbs, it was held a 

 hopeless prisoner. There is a band of russet fur about three 

 inches wide around its neck, hence the name. Its wings ex- 

 panded measured three feet nine inches. Its middle toe is twelve 

 inches in length, and the five toes find sockets in one joint. 



Obsidian Bomb. — Mr. R. W. Armitage drew attention to his 

 exhibit of an obsidian button or bomb, found on the surface of 

 uncultivated land covered with mallee scrub. The country where 

 the exhibit was found is of a plain character, the nearest hill 

 (Mt. Wycheproof) being 50 miles to the S.E., while Lake Tyrrell 

 lies to the N.E. The exhibit having been found in the Mallee 

 seems to preclude the possibility of its being of volcanic origin, 

 and to favour the theory of aerolitic or meteoric origin. 



exhibits. 



By Mr. R. W. Armitage. — Obsidian button, found on the 

 surface of the ground in the Mallee, Victoria, 



By Master Frank Cudmore. — A collection of fossils from clififs 

 on the River Murray, near Morgan, South Australia. 



By Dr. J. C Kaufmann. — Native axe, nose ornament, string of 

 modern money, and string of ancient money now out of use, from 

 the Solomon Islands. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland. — Two clutches of eggs of Native 

 Companion from New South Wales — one clutch pure white, the 

 other normal. 



By Mr. A. J. North, C.M.Z.S.— Photograph of new Honey- 

 eater, Woodfordia superciliosa, North, n. g. and n. sp., from 

 Rennell Island, Solomon Group, in illustration of his paper. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher, for Director of Botanic Gardens. — A 

 specimen of the Bird Flower, Crotalaria cunninghamii. Habitat, 

 West, South, and North Australia. 



By Mr. F. M. Reader. — Dried specimens of Oxalis grandijlora, 

 Jacq., new as naturalized species; Solanum aviculare, Forst., 

 banks of Wimmera, 15/12/95, a new locality; Goodenia pinnati- 

 fida, Schlecht, var. alpina, Reader, a new variety, from Victoria 

 Range, November, 1892, collected by H. B. Williamson. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



Mistletoes. — The Journal of Agriculture of Victoria for 

 August, 1906, contains an article on the mistletoes Loranthus 

 celastroides, Sieber, and L. pendulus, Sieber, by Prof. A. J. Ewart, 

 Government Botanist, accompanied by coloured plates. These 

 plants were some time ago added to the schedule of plants pro- 

 claimed as noxious under the Thistle Act. 



