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Birds. 
Nankeen crane, Nycticorax caledonicus, Mrs. John Lord. 
Skua Gull, Lestris cattaractes, Colonel W. V. Legge, R.A. 
White-fronted falcon, Falco lunulatus, Mr. C. C. Nairn. 
New Holland Goshawk, Astur nove-hollandiz, Mr. H. Stannard. 
Australian Goshawk, Astur approximans, Mr. E. C. Wright. 
Australian Goshawk, Astur approximans, Mr. C. Meredith. 
Collection of New Zealand bird skins, Mr. A. F. B. Hull. 
Red-capped Dottrel, Hiaticula ruficapilla, Mr. C. Blyth. 
Little Penguin, Spheniscus minor, Mr. Propsting. 
Reptiles. 
Diamond snake of Tasmania, or copper head of Victoria, Hop!ocephalus 
superbus, Mr. H. D. Swan. 
The Tiger snake, Hoplocephalus curtus, Mr. Geo. Hinsby. 
Diamond snake, Hoplocephalus superbus, Mr. J. R. McClymont. 
Fishes. 
The Thresher or Fox Shark, Alopecias Vulpes, Mr. John Swan. 
Three Elephant Fish, Callorhynchus antarticus. 
Stone-lifter or Catfish, Kathetostoma lve. 
Poreupine Fish, Chilomycterus jaculiferus. 
Sea Horse, Hippocampus abdominalis, Mr. F. Self. 
A collection of the Freshwater Herring or Cucumber Fish, Proto- 
troctes marzna, Mr. John Swan. 
Shells. 
Haliotis neevosa, Mr. H. Haywocd. 
An Octopus, Mr. F. Self. 
Insects. 
A moth, Mr. J. Northcote. 
Two moths, Cossus sp., Mr. EK. Palmer. 
A moth, Cossus sp., Mr. C. H. Lovett. 
Orthopterus insect, Mr. Maning. 
A moth, Rev. Mr. Wilson. 
A collection of insects, Mr. J. McCance. 
Old Newspapers, etc. 
A collection of English papers, Mr. Justin McC. Browne. 
The Samoan Reporter, 1847, Rev. H. Freeland. 
Promissory note, value 3d., Hobart Town, 1825. 
Programme of the 12th anniversary regatta, Hobart, November 30, 
1849, Mr. W. H. Buckland. 
One guinea (paper) on the Falkirk Union Bank, October, 1812, Mrs. 
Geo. Hinsby. 
PAPERS. 
The Hon. Secretary, Dr. AGNEW, stated ke had received a lette® 
from Baron Von Miieller, accompanied with a most elaborate pape! 
entitled ‘‘The Zoology of Australia,” written by that distinguished 
scientist of Sydrey, New South Wales, the Hon. W. Macleay, F.L.S. 
The paper, the Baron stated, was written at his request for a great 
forthcoming work in Germany, but as it contained some very valuable 
information, the Baron thought it was highly important that it should 
appear in its origiral English before leaving for Germany. As the 
paper embraced 51 pages of foolscap, only a part of it was read. 
Col. LEGGE, in answer to an appeal from the hon. sec., said the re- 
view was a very interesting one. The most salient point about the 
region was that the great family order of the Woodpecker was totally 
absent from it, and it was the only region in the world similarly 
situated. He also referred to the great number of Petrels in the 
region. The subject, in his opinion, had been very exhaustively 
treated in the paper which had been read. 
