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his collection : its measurements are 0-73 x 0'56 inch. The 

 question now is, to what particular cuckoo are we to attribute 

 this egg? The only cuckoo found in the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney whose egg we do not know is Cacomantis insperaius, so 

 that, as suggested by Dr. Ramsay and Mr. Masters, the egg is 

 probably that of this species. I shall endeavour, should I find 

 another egg like this, to hatch it out, and thus determine the 

 species accurately ; but I may say that the neighbourhood of 

 Sydney is a bad place for hatching out experiments, as the 

 young Australian has a penchant for dealing with all nests as he 

 dealt with my Alahvnis nest. 



Mr. Macleay exhibited the two snakes, Dipsas ornata and 

 Diemenia angusticeps, described in his paper. Also, a collection 

 of Fossils, chiefly from a supposed Tertiary formation named 

 Pindan, occupying tlie greater portion of the coast country lying 

 inland from King's Sound, 



Mr. Deane exhibited a number of mai'ine shells found in mud 

 at a depth of over a hundred feet below the bed of the Hawkes- 

 bury River, at the site of the railway bridge. A discussion 

 followed in which the President, Mr. Etheridge, and Mr. David 

 took ])art. 



Mr. Froggatt exhibited a fine collection of native weapons and 

 implements obtained from the blacks of the Napier Range and 

 Fitzroy River, N.W. Australia. It comprises spears with heads 

 of quartz and glass, the latter manufactured from bottles obtained 

 from the station ; throwing-sticks ; lx)omerangs of two kinds used 

 by the coast and inland blacks respectively ; stone-hatchets ; fire- 

 sticks ; coolamans ; baskets; shields used only by the coast tribes; 

 a throwing waddy ; hanks of twine made from the inner bark of 

 the boabab tree ; string made from opossum hair, and the spinning 

 jenny tor making it ; a stick used for making warning noises 

 during certain rites ; wizard-stick used for bewitching enemies ; 

 feather bundles worn as chignons, in which spear heads are carried ; 

 and gum made from spinifex roots used for fixing the heads ou 

 spears, &c. 



