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No. 3, Vol. I. (New Issue.) 



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The Moa in Australia. C. W. De Vis, M.A. ... 



Further Notes on Nemesia Gilliesii. W. W. Smith 



The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary... 



What caused the Obliquity of the Ecliptic 



Scientific Metallurgy and Mining 



An Experiment concerning the absence of Colour from the lower sides of Flat 

 Fishes ... 



Marriage among Deaf-mutes ... ... ... 



General Notes- 

 Obituary Notice of Prof. W. 5. Stephens of Sydney— List of Fishes of New 



Zealand— Crustacea raised from dried New Zealand Mud— Idotea 



lacustris (G.M.T.) 



Meetings of Societies— ... .. ... " 



Linncan Society of New .South Wales— Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 

 —Royal Society of Victoria— Wellington Philosophical Society. 



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