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THE GEELONG NATTJBALIST. 
MEETINGS, &c., DUEING THE QIJAETEE. 
Oct. 11th— Lecturette— " Mucor " (Illustrated) bj Mr. H. T. 
Tisdall, F.L.S. 
„ 22nd — Lecturette — "Practical Taxidermy " — "How to moun^ 
a Bird," (Illustrated), by Mr. W. Shaw. 
Specimens exhibited: — Eose-brested Cockatoo, by 
Mr. W. Shaw. 
Nitrification pea and photos of Hakea Gramma- 
tophylla, by Mr. G. H. Adcock, P.L.S. 
Nov. 5th — Paper Eead : — " Nests and Eggs o£ the Yellow-breasted 
Thickhead," (Pachycephala^, by Mr. A. J. 
Campbell. 
Specimens exhibited : — Dyke stone and gold-bearing 
Quartz, Mr. A. B. E. Wilson. 
„ 19th — Magazine. Papers Eead : — " Diseases of Vegetation,"" 
(The Onion Eelworm) . " A Shower of Vegetable 
Down," and " Pasteur," by Mr. G. H. Adcock, 
E.L.S. 
Specimens exhibited :— Copper Ore from Cobar, 
(N.S.W.), Mr. W. Errey. 
Scoria and pecten cust in iron stone, from Shelford,. 
Mr. J. E. Mulder. 
Calcite on Basalt, (Geelong), Mr. A. Wilson ; and 
a number of Eossils, collected by Messrs Chant 
and Stock, from Shelford, including : — 
Turritella murrayana, Cardita scabrosa, Cythera 
ebuVnea, Marginella (sp.) Cyprsea contusa, Voluta 
antis calaris, Pleurotoma (sp.) Dentalium aratum, 
Columbella aciculata, Eusus acauthostephes, Cy- 
prsea (sp.)* etc. 
Dec. 3ed — Conversational Evening — Members — 
Specimens exhibited : — Helix pomatia, (English), 
Mr. J. E. Mulder. 
„ 17th — Papers : — " Evolution of Life," Mr. J. E. Mulder. 
" Oyster Culture," Mr. W. H. Kingsbury. 
Specimensexhibited:— Plectranthusparviflorus(Wind) 
Mr. G. H. Adcock, E.L.S. 
Siliente, and Uatrice Sulphur, from Dobu, British 
New Guinea, Mr. A. Purnell. 
Eel-worms (in vinegar) Mr. W. H. Eenton. 
Oyster Catcher — Hematopus Longirostris, Mr. W. 
Shaw. 
