52 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



Mr. A. Dendy, M.Sc, University. — Live specimens of Peri- 

 patus leuckartii, from near Ballarat, only recently recorded for 

 Victoria. 



Mr. J. E. Dixon, Oakleigh. — Habitations of various Victorian 

 insects, viz. : — Cocoons of moths and micro-lepidoptera, nests of 

 wasps, &c., nests and egg-cocoons of spiders ; sea-weed, &c., 

 from New Year Island, Bass' Straits. 



Mrs. Flatow, Carlton. — Mounted ferns and sea-weeds ; sea- 

 weeds, sponges, shells from Australia and New Zealand ; fossil 

 ammonites from Morley Main coalpits, Leeds, England. 



Mr. J. Foulke, South Yarra. — A pair of live Southern Stone 

 Plovers. 



Mr. C. French, F.L.S., South Yarra. — Case of Australian and 

 exotic buprestid beetles; loo sheets of dried plants, collected on 

 Croajingolong expedition ; water-colour drawings by Miss M. 

 Scott, of " My Camp at Lake Albacutya," and " Sand-hills, 

 Pijick, Lake Albacutya." 



Mr. C. French, jun., South Yarra. — Case of rare eggs of 

 Australian birds. 



Mr. C. Frost, Kew. — Collection of sixty species of Victorian 

 spiders, preserved in fluid ; pair of live bronze-winged pigeons 

 {P/iaps chalcoptera). 



Mr. J. H. Gatliff, Collingwood. — Two cabinet drawers of 

 marine shells, family Volutidse, genera Cymbium, Melo, Voluta, 

 and Lyria, comprising fifty species and 130 specimens. 



Mr. VV! R. Guilfoyle, F.L.S., Botanical Gardens. — Collection 

 of about forty species of Victorian ferns (in pots), comprising 

 Adiantiwi diaphaiium, Cyathea Boyiei, C. inedullaris, Davallia 

 pyxidata, Piens tremida^ &c. 



Mr. R. Hall, Williamstown. — Victorian birds and birds' eggs. 



Master Hellicar, Hawthorn. — Mounted specimens of Porcu- 

 pine Ant-eater, Nankeen Night Heron, Egret, Crested Grebe, and 

 snipe ; case of Australian birds' eggs ; case of British sea-birds' 

 eggs. 



Mr. G. R. Hill, Windsor. — Nest of American trap-door spider. 



Master H. F. Hill, Windsor. — Six cabinet drawers of Victorian 

 lepidoptera. 



Master G. F. Hill, Windsor. — Three cabinet drawers of 

 Victorian coleoptera. 



Mr. E. E. Johnson, Northcote. — A large collection of natural 

 history objects of various kinds — 300 specimens of Australian 

 birds, including Cape York Sun-bird, Gilbert's wren. Cat-bird, 

 Delicate Owl, Letter-winged Kite, Yellow-eared Cockatoo, White- 

 tailed Kingfisher, &c. ; case of swallow-dicoeums (nest, young 

 male, and adult pair) ; case of birds' eggs ; collection of nests ; 

 Victorian snakes, lizards, &c. ; corals, sea-urchins, &c. ; fossils 

 from Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, England and Japan ; 



