452 Proceedings. 



Professor Parker exhibited adult and youug specimens of the Eock-hopper — Pygosce- 

 lis tcsniata, from the Macquarrie Islands. Tliis bird is new to the New Zealand Avi- 

 fauna. 



Professor Parker also exhibited a skeleton of a Pea-hen, articulated on a plan some- 

 what similar to that employed by Professor Flower, of fiondon, so that every bone could 

 be detatched and separately examined. Skeletons of all the important types are now 

 being similarly prepared in the Otago Museum. 



Fourth Meeting. Mth August, 1880. 

 Dr. HocKEN, President, in the chair. 



1. "Notes on some specimens of Migratory ,Salmonid{B," by. "W. Arthur, 

 C.E. f Transactions, p. 175.) 



2. " On Periodic Vertical Oscillations in the Sun's Atmosphere, and 

 their connection with the formation of Solar Spots," by H. Skey. (Trans- 

 actions, p. 91.) 



Fifth Meeting. Slst August, 1880. 

 Dr. HocKEN, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Montagu Pym, George Turnbull, and Hanson Turton. 



The Secretary laid on the table the annual report of the Dunedin Natu- 

 raHsts' Field Club. 



The chair having been vacated was taken by Mr. W. N. Blair. 



Dr. Hocken then delivered a most interesting lecture on "the early 

 History of New Zealand, from the earliest times to the settlement of the 

 first Mission Station at the Bay of Islands." 



Sixth Meeting. lAth September, 1880. 

 Dr. HocKEN, President, in the chair. 



New Members. — Dr. McCaw (Mosgiel), Eichard N. Eeid (Palmerston), 

 George Harry Gordon (Oamaru), Watson Shennan (Conical Hills), Walter 

 Guthrie, and Thomas Sherlock Graham. 



The chair having been vacated was taken by Professor Parker. 



Dr. Hocken then delivered his second lecture on " the early History of 

 New Zealand." 



Seventh Meeting. 22nd October, 1880. 

 Dr. Hocken, President, in the chair. 



Neiv Members. — Dr. A. H. Neill, Mr. Holland. 



Professor Parker then delivered a most interesting lecture on "Modern 

 Histological Methods," which was illustrated by various forms of accessory 

 apparatus, and by the exhibition of numerous microscopical preparations. 



