[12 THE GEELONG NATURALIST. 
An error in the paper on the St. George trip has been kindly 
pointed out by Mr A. J. Campbell. The bird there called the 
Rose-breasted Robin is, in reality, the Pink-breasted variety 
(Erythrodryas rhodinogaster). Mr Campbell also informs us that 
the bird to which the name ‘Cartwheel Bird” was given is 
probably “ Pycnoptilus floccosus.” 
“ The fox and the grapes." A fox, which was recently killed at 
Bagshot, near Sandhurst, was found, on being opened, to have its 
stomach full of grapes. 
The Zoologist for March, 1894, gives the history of an egg of 
the Great Auk (Alca impennis) recently sold in London. This egg, 
in February last, brought £315 at auction. 
Mr W. A. Horn, of South Australia, is fitting out a scientific 
expedition to the MacDonnell Ranges, at his own expense. The 
party is composed as follows :——Prof. Spencer, biologist; Prof. Tate, 
botanist and paleontologist; Mr Charles Winnecke, surveyor ; 
Dr. E. C. Stirling, ethnologist; Mr Watt, of the Sydney Geological 
Survey, field geologist; and Messrs G. A. Keartland and. 
F. W. Belt, ornithologists and entomologists. There will also be a 
number of camel drivers. The expedition will travel to Oodnadatta 
by rail and thence on camel back along the Finke Riyer to where it 
joins the Palmer River. The further route is not yet settled, but 
it will probably be by Peterman Creek to the Giles Range. 
Meretines SINCE Last IssUE. 
Marcu 18.—Paper. “A Trip tothe Otway Ranges Mr H. E. Hill. 
Messrs A. E. Bratley, of Moorabool Street, South 
Geelong, and W. E. Smith, Ryrie St., were elected 
members. 
The following specimens were exhibited .— 
Nests of Waxbill (Estrilda temporalis); Yellow Robin 
CEopsaltría australis); Thrush (Sp.); Singing 
. , Honey Eater (Ptilotis vittata); Geobasileus 
ay chryssorhea, and White-shafted Fantail (. Rhipi- 
dura albiscapa). 
