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Irvine, Mrs., St. Kilda — Collection of Dried Wild Flowers and Everlastings 



from Western Australian and Barrier Ranges, N. S. W. 

 Jennings, W. B., Prahran — Fossil Shells, Sharks' Teeth, Whales' Ear-bones, 



&c., from Hamilton, Waurn Ponds, and Cheltenham. 

 Kershaw, W., Windsor — Two Cases of Australian Lepidoptera. Two Cases 



of Foreign Lepidoptera. Collection of Australian and New Guinea Birds. 

 Keartland, G. a., North Carlton— 200 Varieties of Birds' Eggs. Birds, 



Reptiles, Sea-shells, &c. 

 Le SoUEf, D., Parkville — Collection of Victorian Eggs. Case of Kent 



Group Specimens. Giant Sponges. Two Shells (weight, 3^ cwt.) 



Various Specimens in spirit. 

 Lucas, A. H. S., M.A., B.Sc, South Yarra— Australian Lizards and Fish, 



and Various Diagrams. 

 Lyell, G., jun., South Melbourne — Cases of Victorian Butterflies and Moths. 

 Mueller, Baron F. von, K.C.M.G., South Yarra — New Australian Plants 



(amongst them being a new Eugenia, E. Jitzgeraldi, from N. S.W.), also 



Six Decades (illustrations of Salsolaceous Plants of Australia). 

 Martin, Mrs., North Brighton — Drawings of some Fungus Diseases of 



Economic Plants. 

 M'Kibbon, J. N., South Yarra— Case Queensland Lepidoptera. Case British 



Lepidoptei-a. Two cases Victorian Lepidoptera. Case Australasian 



Coleoptera. Case Victorian Coleoptera. 

 Prince, J. E., Windsor — Cook's Voyage and Charts, published by 



Admiralty, 1768. First Records of London Missionary Society, with 



collections of Cook's Charts. Section of Strata of Melbourne 145 feet in 



depth, with traces of gold formation. 

 Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian branch) — 



Birds, Snakes, Lizards, and Insects collected by the expedition to Mount 



Yule, New Guinea. 

 Roberts, Miss, Hawthorn — Collection of Victorian Sponges. Victorian 



Seaweed Pictures. 

 Spencer, Professor W. Baldwin, M.A., University — Specimens (chiefly from 



Naples) and Apparatus from Biological School, Melbourne University. 



Section Cutting Machine, at work. 

 Shephard, J., Brighton — Infusoria and Rotifera (for microscopical 



examination). 

 TiSDALL, H. T., F.L.S., Toorak — Mountings and Coloured Drawings of 



Victorian Fungi. 

 Wing, J., Collingwood— Specimens of Fossiliferous Formation, taken from 



100 feet deep in sinking a water shaft. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



POLYTELIS ALEXANDRA, OR PRINCESS OF WALES 



PARRAKEET. 



To the Editor of the Victorian Naturalist. 



Sir, — Late last night I received the February number of the 

 Victorian Naturalist, and read therein with the deepest interest 

 Mr. Symonds Clark's description of the two live specimens of the 

 Princess of Wales Parrakeet brought to Adelaide last year from 

 the neighbourhood of Charlotte Waters. 



On comparing his description with specimens of the Polytelis 

 7)ielanura and P. harrahandi in my collection, what struck me 



