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water. Also each specimen should have a paper label with 

 particulars written on it with a black lead pencil (not ink) and 

 tied to it before going into the jar. Such label should indicate 

 exactly where found, and if dredged the depth and character of 

 the bottom, also the colouration when alive, as many change 

 colour after death. If any specimens are too large for the jar, 

 such as the larger Macrura, they may be first dealt with by 

 dividing the trunk from the abdomen and taking out and 

 discarding the muscles and viscera. 



When the specimens are taken out of the jar they should be 

 drained from excess of moisture, and may then be at once 

 packed for transit, or the moisture may be allowed to evaporate 

 in a dry atmosphere for a few days or longer, and afterwards 

 stored in suitable boxes, or they may be wrapped singly or in 

 classified groups in waterproof paper (paraffin-waxed or oiled) 

 with labels outside. If desired they may be coated with a 

 colourless varnish in the manner previously explained. 



Small specimens, such as the Amphipods, are best kept in 

 bottles containing 70 per cent, alcohol, to make which add to 

 strong methylated spirit a one-fourth proportion of water. They 

 can, however, be treated by the glycerine process if necessary, 

 as specimens here to-night show. 



Formalin alone should not be used for Crustacea, for even in 

 weak solutions it hardens the articular membranes so that they 

 become too brittle for satisfactory dissection. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW BIRD FROM NORTH- 

 WEST AUSTRALIA. 

 Bv Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S., 

 Ornithologist, Australian Museum, Sydney. 

 My friend, Mr. Keartland, has forwarded me for examination and 

 description a bird skin received by him from Mr. Tom Carter, of 

 Point Cloates, North-west Australia, together with the following 

 note : — " I shot two of these birds on barren, rocky ranges in the 

 dense spinifex tufts." The specimen is labelled a female, and was 

 obtained by Mr. Carter on the 1st July, 1899, at North-west 

 Cape, near Exmouth Gulf, North-west Australia. It belongs to 

 an entirely new genus and. species, which I characterize as 

 follows : — 



ORDER PASSERES. 



Fam. Timeliid^e. 



Sub-Fam. TimellinEe. 



Group Bradypteri. 



Eremioriiis, gen. nov. 

 Generic characters. 

 Bill shorter than head, slender, as high as broad at nostril and 

 tapering gradually to the tip ; rictal bristles weak, hardly visible ; 



