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CONTENTS. 



PAGES 



Anniversary Address of the President, Sir George F. Bowen, G.C.M.G., 

 delivered to the Members of the New Zealand Institute, July 24, 

 1S69 ... ... ... ••• ■•• 3—9 



Anniversary Address, delivered to the Members of the Wellington Philo- 

 sophical Society, June 19, 1869, by J. C. Crawford, F.G.S., 

 Vice-President ... ... ••■ ••• 306-398 



Anniversary Address, delivered to the Members of the Auckland Institute, 



June 7, 1869, by T. B. Gillies, President ... ••• 405—410 



Anniversary Address, delivered to the Members of the Philosophical Institute 

 of Canterbury, October S, 1869, by Julius Haast, Ph.D., F.R.S., 

 President ... ... ■•• ••• 421—424 



Inaugural Address, delivered to the Members of the Otago Institute, July 20, 



1869, by His Honor Mr. Justice Ward ... ... ... 425—427 



TRANSACTIONS. 



Natural History. 



Art. I. On the New Zealand Sword-fish. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. ... 13—16 



II. On the Tuatara (Hatteria punctata). By F. J. Knox, L. R. C. S. E. ... 17—20 



III. On the Anatomy of Naultinus Greyii. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. ... 20—21 



IV. On the Baheniche, or Whales with baleen. By F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. 



With Notes by Dr. Hector ... ... ••• 21—28 



V On Seals of the genus Stenorhyncus, captured on the East Coast of 



Otago. By J. S.Webb ... - ••> 28—32 



VI. On a (probably new) variety of the Small-nailed Seal,—Stenorhy?icus 

 Leptonyx, of Cuvier, and De Blainville, and allied to the Phoca 

 Leopardina of Jameson. By Rev. Charles Fraser, M. A, F.G.S. ... 33—34 



VII. On a species of Ophisurus, found on the Coast of New Zealand. By 

 James Hector, M.D., F.R.S. With anatomical observations by 

 F. J. Knox, L.R.C.S.E. ... ... ••• 34-^0 



VIII. On the Birds of New Zealand. By T. H. Potts ... ... 40—78 



IX Description of two Birds new to the Fauna of New Zealand. By 



Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... ■•■ 78—80 



X On the intioduction of the Pheasant into the Province of Auckland. 



By Captain F. W. Hutton, F.G.S. ... ... ••• 80 



XI. On the Katipo, a poisonous spider of New Zealand. By F. W. Wright, 



L.M. P. New Zealand ... ... ... •• 81—84 



XII. On four Fishes, commonly found in the River Avon ; with a con- 

 sideration of the question, "What is Whitebait ?" By LI. Powell, 

 M.R.C.S.St.A. ... ... ■•• •■■ 84—87 



