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VoL. I. 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
Exhibits. — Communication from Mr. C. F. Rousselet. 
London, on the subject of Collecting and Preserving Delicate 
Organisms, by Mr. W. R. Coll edge. Spirogyra under the 
microscope, by Mr. W. R. Colledge. Birds, by Mr. W. 
Weatherill. Phasma (Extatosoma tiaratum) from MiirAvill- 
umbah. by Mr, L. C. Green. 
EXCURSION, 8th MAY, 19(»9. 
Ekihin. — Fourteen members present. Leader, Mr. L. C. 

EVENING MEETING, 13th MAY, 1909. 
Chairman ; Mr. H. Tryon. Attendance, 22. 
Electio7i : Mr. Kenna. 
Notes. — “ On the History and Habits of Monotremes.” 
by Mr. Geo. F. Bennett.* “ On Reason or Instinct in 
Birds,” by Mr. G. W. M. Hull. 
Exhibits. — Platypus, by Mr. W. Weatherill. Orchids 
{Dendrobium gracilicaible, Liparis reflexa, and Oberonia 
iridifolia) from Enoggera Creek, near Kelvin Grove Bridge, 
by Mr. G. H. Barker. Moths, by Mr. E. H. Shearwin. 
Plants collected at Ekibin, by Mr. C. White. Polyzoa 
from Manly, Sydney, and one from Buhver, Moreton Island, 
by Mr. C. 'W. Holland. 
EXCURSION. 12th JUNE, 1909. 
Hamilton. — Twenty-four members present. Leader, 
Prof. Skertchly. 
EVENING MEETING, 17th JUNE, 1909. 
Chairman : Prof. Skertchly. Attendance, 24. 
Toowoomba Quarry. — A vote of thanks was passed 
to the Town Council of Toowoomba for its public-spirited 
action in consenting to conserve the portion of the local 
Quarrv illustrating interesting geological phenomena. 
Address. On the Geology observed during the 
excursion to Hamilton,” by Prof. Skertchly. During the 
discussion which followed, Mr. Tryon referred to the fact 
of Glossopteris having been found recently in the Jura- Trias 
beds of Petrie’s Quarry, which suggested either a different 
age for the beds to that hitherto assigned them, or an 
extension of the genus beyond the stratigraphical limits 
which had been credited to it. 
Exhibits.— plants from Petrie’s Quarry, by Miss 
G. Edwards and Miss C. Jackson. Copies of von Etting- 
hausen’s drawings and descriptions of Brisbane Tertiary 
plants, by Prof. Skertchly. Plants from Roma, by Mr. C. 
White. A collection of beetles (Buprestidos). by Mr. R. 
Illidge. Two specimens of the curious leaf-tailed lizard, 
Phyliiirns, and a rare snake {Liasis childreni) by Mr. H. 
Tryon.* - - .. 
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