86 iVCCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



A number of ear-ornaments from the Banks Islands, and 

 an emu-feather girdle fi-om an early native settlement on the- 

 site of the present city of Melbourne ; given by Bishop 

 Montgomery. 



A club from the Marquesas, a spear from Fiji, a fragment of 

 jade, showing the method employed by the Maori for cutting, 

 from New Zealand, and a series of stone implements from 

 Rushworth, Victoria, Australia ; given by C. H. Read, Esq. 



A ceremonial torch from Torres Island ; given by Rev, 

 L. P. Robins. 



A number of small cubical stones from the N.E. border 

 of S. Australia, called by the natives " devil's dice " ; given 

 by Ross Smith, Esq. 



Four carved ceremonial boards from British New Guinea ; 

 given by Dr. W. M. Strong. 



V. — Antiquities and Ethnography of America : — 



Donations. — A bamboo case containing Urali poison, 

 from Peru; given by Mrs. Edward E. Benest. 



A pottery vase from Homolobi, near Winslow, Arizona ; 

 given by W. Crewdson, Esq. 



A series of stone implements and fragments of painted 

 pottery, from Taltal, Atacama, Chile ; given by Oswald 

 H. Evans, Esq (described in Man, 1907, 41). 



Four flint arrow-heads from Las Vegas, New Mexico ; 

 given by C. B. Hodgson, Esq. 



An unusually fine specimen of carved wooden club armed 

 with a large stone celt, from British Guiana ; given by 

 C. H. Read, Esq. 



Charles H. Read. 



