Dec., IQ23. 
The Queensland Naturalist. 
51 
Evening MteLuig^ i October. — Mr. W'. K. Colledge 
read a paper on The aquatic lit!e of The (.'liebiier Swani]). 
Mr. ('olledge illustrated the ddfereiit forms of life by a 
very fine series of lantern slides, and spoke interestingly 
cf the life histories of the pond inhabitants. Mr. \V. B. 
Alexander exhibited a letter Avritten by Latham, the 
grandfather of Australian ornithology, over 100 years 
ago, and also showed a volume of Latham's work on 
()irds, A eonsid(‘rab!e juimber of slides, reproducing 
Jjatham's |)ictures of birds were sciaamed. This early 
ornithological work was compiled from drawings and 
descriptions s('nt to England from Ihftany Ihiy. one of 
the artists being a convict. Sonn* forty birds described 
by Jjatham cannot lx* identiti(‘d with existing specie's. Mr. 
Alexainh'i' also screeiu'd photographs showing a bow( »■ 
bird's playgiamnd. and exhibited a numl)('r oi' playtliings 
gatliered by tin* bird. Other ('xhibits were a tine series of 
natm'al history i)hotographs by Messrs. W. (J. and ii. 
Harvey, of Mackay, and the skull of a nativ(^ cat by Miss 
Wood, of R(tckham])ton. 
Evening Meeting, igth November . — Professor H. C. 
Richards delivered an address, illustrated by lantern 
slides on ‘^Tlie Xatural Eeatures, Especially Olac.iation 
and A'olcanic Activity, in New Zealand." The relation 
of the Ibuninion n* Atistralia, Antare.tiea, ami the {)riginal 
Western niargin (ff tin* Pacific Ocean was indicated by 
mca}is v>f diagrams, whib* tin* intersection of two lines of 
weakness in the earth crust was shown to occur about 
(he centre of the north island. Tlic connection with Ibis 
intersection and tlu' seismic* and >‘<d{*aTtic. activity in tliis 
i'cgion Was e<uisidercd. 
Dealing with the SonXh IsUnuL the present day 
glaciers with their characteristics and the (‘tfccis of j)ast 
glaciers were' (h'seribed aitd illustrat(*d by an exc<‘ll(*nt set 
of lant(‘rn slides. Th(‘ general nature of llu' Southern 
Alps both as to the j)hysical and geologieal eharaet<‘rs 
were indieatd. 
The greater extent of glaciation in Pleistocene times 
was commented u])on and the relationsliij) bctwceii this 
.and the great development of deep lakes caused by tlie 
terminal moraines damming up the old glacial valleys was 
clearly shown. 
Lakes AVakatipu and Manapouri, along with the 
'Others, such as Te Anau, Wanaka, Ilawea, etc., have all 
