170 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



2. The hon. secretary read a paper by the Rev. J. E. Tenison- 

 Woods, F.G.S. (hon member), entitled "The Geology of 

 Arnhem's Land," part ii. This continued the description of the 

 characteristic geological features of the Northern Territory, and 

 gave some account of the mineral resources of the country. 



Natural History Notes. — Mr. T. G. Sloane, of Mulwala, New 

 South Wales, forwarded a note on the effect produced on certain 

 beetles of the group Carenides by preserving them in methylated 

 spirits of wine, which created some little discussion. 



Mr. A, J. Campbell read a note on the crested penguins of 

 Australia and New Zealand, Catarrades chrysocome (Latham) and 

 Eudyptes pachyrhynduts (Gray), which he considered identical 

 species. 



The following were the principal exhibits of the evening : — By 

 Mr. A. J. Campbell, mounted specimens of crested penguins, 

 Catarrades chrysocome (Victoria), with eggs, and Eudyptes 

 pachyrhynchus (New Zealand) ; the little penguin, Eudyptula 

 minor ; and the fairy penguin, E. undina. By Mr. A. Coles, 

 birds from Ceylon, blue and orange-faced eutymiza, and cobra de 

 capello, from Ceylon. By Mr. C. French, jun., eggs of red- 

 necked avocet, New Holland snipe, friar bird, olivaceous thick- 

 head, from Victoria ; red-necked rail, from Queensland ; and great 

 acanthiza, A. E^vifigii, and great-tailed thickhead, from Tasmania. 

 By Mr. H. Grayson, a collection of New Zealand diatomacea;, 

 mounted for microscope. By Mr. R. Hall, specimen of Ceylon tea 

 plant, with seeds. By Mr. G. A. Keartland, a whistling eagle, 

 Jardine's harrier, Australian shoveller, and nest and eggs of 

 lanulated honey-eater. By Mr. H. Kennon, bivalve shells from 

 South Pacific Ocean. By Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., a 

 new Victorian orchid, Drakcea Huntiana (F. v. M.), from East 

 Gippsland. 



After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 



THE GEOLOGY OF ARNHEM'S LAND, N.A.— PART H. 



By THE Rev. J. E. Tenison-Woods, F.L.S., F.G.S. 



(Hon. Member.) 



{Read before tJie Field Naiiiralists' Club of Victoria, t itJi March, 



1S89.) 

 Fluviatile Sandstones and Conglomerates. — These are 

 extremely hard sandstones, found only on the banks of streams. 

 The stone is horizontally stratified and crossbedded, the finer 

 laminations being marked with black specular iron ; it contains 

 much rounded and waterworn quartz gravel, varying greatly in 

 size. A iew waterworn fragments of the underlying porphyry are 

 also found in the conglomerate. The majority of the pebbles 



