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The paper was well illustrated with specimens, and gave rise to 

 some little discussion. 



2. By Mr. J. Dennant, F.G.S., entitled "On a Dried-up Creek 

 at Coleraine." The author described a visit to a valley near 

 Coleraine, which in times past had evidently been a tributary of 

 the Wannon. The visit was made in order to find some fossils 

 reported to have been met with there, and which, on examination, 

 proved to be casts of a species of Unio. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — 

 By Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs of Hazel-eyed Crow, Cuvier's Po- 

 dargus, Australian Coot, and Tasmanian Swamp Quail from Tas- 

 mania ; and Square-tailed Kite and Australian Goshawk from 

 Queensland. By Mr. T. A. Forbes-Leith. — A Painted Snipe, 

 Tern, Blue Jay, and Oriole from Egypt ; also ethnological photo- 

 graphs from Egypt, Arabia, Pacific Islands, &c. By Mr. W. B. 

 Jennings. — Fossil shark's tooth and earbones from Waurn Ponds; 

 shark's teeth and vertebrae from Hamilton ; palates from Chelte- 

 ham and Portland ; whale earbones and shark's teeth from Chel- 

 tenham ; seal's tooth from Portland ; and porpoise and dolphin's 

 earbones from Cheltenham. By Mr. G. Lyell, jun. — November 

 Lepidoptera, including Lycxna vicerens. By Baron F. von 

 Mueller, Y^.CM.G. —Cryptandra spathulata, F. v. M., a new Vic- 

 torian plant, found by Mr. St. Eloy D'Alton, Nhill. By Mr. J. 

 D. Pinnock. — Spine of Stinging Ray from Mallacoota Inlet. By 

 Mr. J. Searle. — Coleoptera, Neuroptera, and Lepidoptera collected 

 since last meeting. By Mr. A. Yelland. — Thirty varieties of 

 native flowers from Western Australia, collected by Miss Mailey. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



THE LATE MR. HENRY WATTS. 



We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Henry Watts, on 

 the i6th of December last, at the age of 6i years. Mr. Watts 

 was well known to all the earlier members of the Club, having 

 been one of its promoters, and an active worker on its behalf so 

 long as his strength lasted. He was elected its first librarian, 

 which office he filled for two years, and was then elected a vice- 

 president, and next a member of committee, each for one year. 

 He contributed several papers and notes to its proceedings, 

 among the former being a series of three, during its first year, on 

 " The Seaweeds of Victoria," a subject he was well fitted to 

 handle, having made them his special study during a residence of 

 some seven years at Warrnambool, many of his specimens being 

 determined by Dr. Harvey, and mentioned in his work on the 

 Australian marine algas. Subsequently he contributed papers on 

 "The Polyzoa of Mt. Martha," "The Weeds of Albert Park 

 Lake," " Freshwater i\lg3e," " Australian Foraminifera," &c. He 



