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x" THE GEELONG NATURALIST. 
MEETINGS, ETC., SINCE LAST ÍSSUE. 
Jax. 16—No Paper. Specimens exhibited— 
Buprestid Beetles from Swan Hill Mr. Wm. Shaw. 
Sipunculus (Corio Bay. Previously 
unrecorded from Victoria) - Mr. A. Wilson. 
Moth (dntherea mylitta) and 
cocoon - - Mr. A. Wilson. 
Polyzoa from Spring Creek Mr. A. Wilson. 
Peculiar Rat - - Mr. J. Hammerton. 
Larve of Botfly (GZstrus equina) Mr, J. B. Leitch. 
Bracken from Lorne 3 Museum Curators. 
Jan. 30—“ Notes on Trip to Barwon Heads" f Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A. 
Specimens exhibited— Mr. H. E. Hill. 
Shells and Limestonefrom Barwon 
Heads - 5 Museum Curators. 
Embryo Calf. - - ” 
Spanish Oyster - - » 
Beetles  - - - p 
Carp - - - Mr. J. Hammerton. 
Fez. 13—Paper—“ Microscope Objects” Mr. J. Goodlett. 
Specimens exhibited— 
Bulldog Shark - : Museum Curators. 
Fish ( ) Cowies Creek " 
Gould's Squid (Ommastrephes 
Gouldt) - - 7 
Gabbro, from Ceres - - Mr. J. Hammerton. 
Limestone from France - Mr. Wm. Errey. 
Plants from Connewarre - Mr. H. E. Hill. 
FEB. 27-—No Paper. Specimens— 
Calcite on Basalt — - - Museum Curators. 
Gabbro (?) - - Mr. M. Lanyon. 
Plants from the St. George - The Camp Party. 
NOTES FROM BAMBRA. 
J. F. Murer. 
JANUARY.—The White-backed Magpie (Gymnorhina leuconota) 
has developed a taste for the better kinds of garden produce. I 
would not believe it till I saw about a dozen of them shelling my 
choice peas and destroying them wholesale. 
Noticed a number of Spinetail Swifts (Chetura candacuta). 
