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variety of coal, found in fine-grained homogeneous seams, and 

 known as "cat's head" in the North of England; also a series 

 of chitons from different depths of water near South Head, 

 Sydney, each species collected in shallower water than usual ; 

 he suggested that the modification of habitat might be due to 

 the fact that the specimens were collected in winter. Captain 

 S. A. White showed the following African game birds: — 

 Black-bellied Bustard (Ltssotis melanogaster) ; Blue Bustard 

 (Tracheiotis caerulescens), called by the Dutch settlers 

 ''Knoshaan," meaning "scolding cock," because these birds, 

 when flushed, fly off uttering a harsh note, resembling the 

 words "kuk-pa-wow" repeated several times ; Red-winged Par- 

 tridge (Francolinus levaiUanti), which lie very close, and 

 when flushed usually fly a long distance, almost always out of 

 sight, before they settle ; Grey-winged Partridge (Francolnus 

 africariis ) , a bird generally found in the mountains in coveys 

 of from a dozen to twenty birds ; Sand Grouse ; Blue or Rock 

 Pigeon (Columha pliaeonota), resembling C. livia, which 

 inhabits the coast of Britain and the islands also of North 

 Africa, breeding in the crevices of rocks, as it also breeds in 

 the rocks and caverns facing the sea as far south as Cape 

 Colony, and could, no doubt, like the European bird, be easily 

 domesticated. Lemon-collared Turtle Dove (Turtur cayicola)^ 

 found all over southern Africa ; Senegal Turtle Dove (Turtur 

 senegalensis), whose sweet cooing is at times like a musical 

 laugh, from which it is often called the "Laughing Dove" ; 

 Long-tailed Dove (Oena capensis), which frequents the cattle 

 kraals in search of corn, and is thought much of by the natives. 

 Papees. — "Fungi New to South Australia," by Professor 

 OsBORN, M.Sc. ; "The Possibility of a Continuation of Adverse 

 Seasons on Land having a Deterrent Influence on Ocean Life," 

 by W. G. Randall (communicated by Walter Rutt). 



Annual Meeting, October 14, 1915. 



The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in the 

 chair. 



Election. — Alan P. Dodd, Kuranda, Northern Queens- 

 land, was elected a Fellow. 



The Annual Report and Balance-sheet were read and 

 adopted. 



By-law, Section III., as amended by the Council, was 

 submitted for approval, and was referred back to the Council 

 for reconsideration of sundry points. 



Election of Officers. — President, J. C. Verco, M.D., 

 F.R.C.S.; Vice-Presidents, Professor E. H. Rennie, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.C.S., and Lieut. -Colonel R. S. Rogers, M.A., M.D. ; 

 Hon. Treasurer, W. B. Poole; Members of Council, Professor 



