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Mr. C. Price Conigrave recorded the finding of a specimen 
of the Crested Penguin ( Cataarhactes chrysocome) on Rottnest 
Island, near Fremantle. 
The Piesiclent communicated the description by Mr. J. H. 
Maiden, F.L.S., the Government Botanist of New South Wales, 
of two new Western Australian Eucalypts. 
Dr. Alexander Morrison read a paper on “ Adaptation of 
Plants to Environment,” which was illustrated with lantern 
slides. At the conclusion of the paper. Id's Excellency pomted 
o ut that to his mind Dr. Morrison had touched on three most 
interesting questions, viz., the grasses, fodder plants, and the 
inadaptibility of irrigation to the special conditions of large 
areas in Western Australia, 
Mr. W. D. Campbell, A.K.C., F.GS., read his report on the 
Armadale excursion, and showed lantern slides to illustrate his 
remarks. The exhibits included geological specimens secured 
at Armadale, and Co-Types of several new species of Western 
Australian Thynnidae by Mr. H. M. Giles, F.E.S. 
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at 
the Museum on Tuesday, the 13th October, iqoq, when the 
President occupied the chair and a large number of members 
were present. 
The following were elected members of the Society : — 
Misses Amy V. Fuller and M. E. Creeth, Messrs. Oswald H. 
Sargent, R. H. Barugh, and as Junior Members, Messrs. S. J. 
Hood and George Hickey. 
Mr. W. E. Cooke, M.A., the Government Astronomer, spoke 
of the astronomical matters as touched upon by the Paris Congress, 
from which he had recently returned. 
The exhibits included live specimens of three timber-feeding 
beetles, the genus of one being unknown, and several females of 
the Fossorial Wasps ( Mutilla rugicollis) by Mr. H. M. Giles. 
The Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Society was held at 
the Museum on Tuesday, the 9th November, 1909, when the 
chair was taken by the President, and a fair number of members 
were present. 
