16 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 
Mr. E. E. Johnson, a pelican, and other Victorian birds, eat bird, 
from Richmond River, red and white coral from Fiji, &c. 
Mr. H. Kennon, case containing Victorian and South Sea 
Island shells, coral, weapons, &c. 
Mr. W. Kershaw, two cases Exotic lepidoptera, and two cases of 
Australian timber-feeding moths. 
Mr. T. A. Forbes-Leith, case containing collection of sixty-five 
Australian parrots; cases containing native cat and kittens; White 
Goshawks, (male from Gippsland, female from Tasmania); case 
with opossum mice. 
Mr. D. LeSoiief, two live tiger snakes, (venomous), and one live 
carpet snake, (non-venomous), Victoria; one live diamond snake, 
(non-venomous), New South Wales; four live Victorian lizards, 
(blue-tongued, and stump-tailed), and the rare tuatara lizard, (live), 
from New Zealand; collection of snakes, (in spirits), from Malay 
Peninsula; a king penguin from Macquarie Island; a cuscus from 
New Guinea, a small falcon from Malay States, and Séria scops, the 
smallest of the owls from 8. Europe, &c. 
Mr. A. H.S. Lucas, collection of Victorian sponges. 
Dr. Lucas, several rare Victorian moths. ; 
Baron F. von Mueller, wax model of Murray River Lily, (Crenum 
flaccidum), prepared by Mrs Timbrell: specimens in paper of (1), 
Rhododendron Toverene, a new species with very large white flower 
bunches, discovered in New Guinea by Mr. Hunstein, (with wood- 
cut); (2), Bikkia Bridgeana, a splendid new species brought from 
New Guinea by Captain Bridge, R,N.; (8), Déipteranthemum 
Crosslandi, a charming new everlasting, gathered in West Australia 
by Mr. Crossland, the flower resembling some dipterous insects ; (4), 
other new plants described in the “ Victorian Naturalist;” Edible 
fruits from New Guinea, viz., Bassia Erskineana, B. Maclayana, 
B. coco, Pangium edule, obtained by Mr. Mikluko-Macklay, and 
Rev. W. Gill; leaves and acorns of New Guinea Oaks, viz., 
Quercus Dalbertisii and Q. Gulliver’; large Mexican acorns of 
Q. Skinneri; also bound copy of “ Hucalyptographia,” and plates of 
forthcoming ‘“ Monograph of the Myoporine.” 
Mr. F. Reader, two books of minute Victorian flowering plants, 
collection of Victorian lichens, including two new species, Lecanora 
leucaspida, Knight, aud Pertusaria albescens, Knight. 
Mr. G. Rose, a case of fossils and minerals. 
Mr. A. Thie, a large collection of Fijian and other implements, 
weapons, manufactures, &c. 
Mr. T. Worcester, two cases of land shells, containing many rare 
species. 
About half-past ten the visitors began to disperse, after having 
spent a very enjoyable and instructive evening. ; 
