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showing the cranium of a South Australian aboriginal pre- 
senting a marked resemblance to the celebrated prehistoric 
Neanderthal skull, and having a very ape-like appearance; 
of the Province. He did not agree with Gould that it was 
only the nuptial dress of the: male of an ordinary teal,- but 
felt satisfied it was a distinct species. On retiring from the 
Presidential chair he read an address on '*Weissmann $ 
eory of Heredity," and the meeting carried a unanimous 
resolution that the address should be printed. 
He was Chairman of the South Australian Museum 
Committee in the year 1884-5, and when Dr. Haacke 
resigned his position in 1889 Dr. Stirling was installed as 
Honorary Director of the Museum. This gave him free 
access to the valuable ethnological, palaeontological, and other 
f whi 
1888, and again 
named, described 94 
in 1891, and still further dealt with in the volume for 18 : 
In 1890 he accompanied Earl Kintore and a party overlan 
- 
collection of flora and fauna. In this way he was fortunate 
mole, as well as much other material, to supply not only our 
dis Museum, but those in the Commonwealth and in foreign 
ands 
In 1893 he went with a party to Lake Callabonna to 
, to 
transport to Adelaide. By the patient industry and technical 
Mr. A. E. ietz they were collected, —€—« y 
h m, 
these Dr 
Plete skeleton of the enormous marsupial, the Diprotodon 
tee i th 
Zealand moas, and almost equal in size to aie 
For more than four years these monster 
tion, ànd several papers on the poer 
