352 {OURNAL OF SCIENCE. 
(1.) The nasals are unusually large, and strongly ridged dor- 
sally. | ; 
(2.) The jugals are apparently broader at the anterior, nar- 
rower at the posterior end, and more strongly curved than usual. 
(3.) The proportion of the breadth of the beak to the length 
of the skull is slightly smaller than usual (17.5 : 100). 
(4.) The sternum is longer than broad, instead of broader 
than long, the proportion of length to breadth being as 16: 13. 
Probably, however, the lateral angles were continued by cartilage 
in the fresh state. 
(5.) The fore-arm is not twice the length of the humerus, the 
proportion being as 5: 3. 
(6.) There are 39 blades of baleen to a foot in the middle of 
the series as against 24 in the Havre specimen of B. musculus 
(Flower). 
The skeleton is suspended in the centre of the Museum from 
girders of railway iron passing between the capitals of the 
columns supporting the upper gallery. A few missing bones (in- 
cluding the pelvis) are represented by wooden models; the 
cartilages of the hyoid and of the hands are restored in plaster, 
and discs of felt take the place of the intervertebral ligaments. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
Dunedin, 11th November, 1884.—D. Petrie, Esq., President, 
in the chair. 
New members—Messrs. A. D. Bell and J. H. Wood. 
Papers—1. “ Notes on some Mineral Occurrences at Dusky 
Sound,” by Professor Ulrich. (See page 306.) 
2. “ Recent additions to the Otago Museum,” by Professor 
Parker. 
3. “Description of new species of Native Plants,” by D. 
Petrie, M.A. The author describes a new species of Coprosma, 
growing about Dunedin, as C. vwbra. It has probably been con- 
founded with C. rotundifolia which it resembles, but differs in 
the bark and foliage, and in the drupe never being didymous. 
A new species of Lepidium, characterised among other points by 
its perfectly dicecious flowers, and which grows in various parts 
of the interior of Otago, is described as L. kawarau. This 
species was included by Mr. T. Kirk, F.L.S., in his review of the 
N. Z. Lepidia in L. australe; the error probably arose from the 
imperfect condition of the specimens available at the time the 
review was drawn up. On account of the fondness which sheep 
display for the plant, it is very difficult to obtain good specimens. 
The Hon. Secretary then read the following annual report 
and balance-sheet :— 
“During the present session seven general meetings have 
been held, including the present annual meeting. At three of 
these meetings six original papers have been read—two on 
botanical, and four on zoological subjects. The first meeting of 
