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from different localities, but even in those taken from the same 

 nest. Remarkable examples were shown in illustration in the eggs 

 of the Hill Crow Shrike, Pied Grallina, Silver Gull, White-eyed 

 Crow, &c. The material of which the nests are composed is also no 

 true guide, since this frequently varies, according to the locality 

 and surroundings in which the nests are built. Mr. Dudley Le 

 Souef corroborated Mr. Keardand's observations. 



Mr. D. Best, who acted as the exponent of those members who 

 attended the late excursion to the Grampians, brought up a lengthy 

 report of the trip. The precise locality chosen for operations was 

 Hall's Gap, and pitching their camp in close proximity to the 

 borough hut — courteously placed at their disposal by the Borough 

 Council — the naturalists were able during the fortnight spent there 

 to do some good work in collecting. Splendid weather favoured 

 them, but the preceding dry winter and late spring had possibly 

 limited the supply of insects, since very few captures were made 

 by the entomologists ; snakes and lizards were also scarce, and the 

 bulk of success fell to the botanists, who brought back a really 

 good collection of plants. The paper was illustrated by means 

 of limelight views, prepared by Mr. J. Searle from photographs 

 taken on the trip, and at the close of the meeting a special vote 

 of thanks was accorded him for the additional pleasure his illus- 

 trations had given. 



EXHIBITION OF SPECIMENS. 



The following is a list of the exhibits with which the meeting 

 terminated : — By Mr. H. P. C. Ashworth.— Birds and photographs 

 from the Grampians. By Mr. J. E. Dixon. — 54 species of Coleoptera 

 collected at Kerrisdale, Mordialloc, and Oakleigh, included among 

 them being Piesarthrius niarginelUs, Distichocera (var. ), Uracantha 

 bivitta, Uracantha (sp.), Phoracantha (sp., rare), Mecynopus semi- 

 vitreus, lotherium metallicum, Stigmodera variabilis, S. suturalis. 

 By Mrs. Flatow. — Fungi from Northern Territory, also berries of 

 Abrus precatorius. By Mr. C. French, sen. — Ogyris genoveva 

 (Miskin), Lyccena taygetus (Miskin), Holochila alhosericea (Miskin), 

 new, Aciptilia aptalis (Walker). By Mr. C. French, jun. — Eggs of 

 Whistling Tree Duck, Whistling Eagle, Maned Goose, and Leach's 

 Kingfisher, from Queensland ; also splendid clutch of Pied 

 Grallina's eggs from Wimmera. By Mr. C. Frost. — Flowers, 

 Spiders, Lizards, and Snakes collected at the Grampians. By 

 Mr. E. H. Hennell. — Beetles — About 80 species of Longicorns, 

 about 70 species of Buprestidse ; larvse of Banksia Moth for 

 distribution ; Orchidese (Cryptostylis longifolia, Dipodium punc- 

 tatum, Orthoceras strictum), and Lobelia oiudicaulis. By Mr. 

 G. A. Keartland. — Eggs, in illustration of paper. By Mr. 

 Geo. Lyell, jun. — 60 species of Moths, collected since September 

 last at Gisborne. By Baron von Mueller. — Plants recently 



