THE TASMANIAN NATURALIST. blow pipes, and other apparatus were shown, a nd practical demonstrations were given o n tw o starlings' eggs, which operations were successfully and quickly done. Mr . 'A. :\1. Lea (Government Entomo logist) also showed llOW t o se t out and mount butterfiies, moths, and other i n - sects. The wings of t h e former were stretched o u t an d fastened down with little strips o f p"per, 'the legs were p u t into proper po'sition, and kept i n place with many pins, which could be taken away when t h e specimen dried. T he meeting then resolved itself into a conversazione. November :JIieeting. 'rhe monthly meeting was held on t h e 28th of this month a t th e Masonic Hall. T h e Chall"lllan ( ~ l r . L. · Rodway) presided, and there was a n excellent attendance. T h e following n e w members were >ele'c'ted:---4.\feB!S'fs. G. iW. Is/milth \Jx!ford University) a n d C. J . Large; as juniors, !Masters E. Lines. a nd CIa u d e Bryan. Exnibition of Speeimens.-'Mrs. H. L . Rollerts showed a fine stuffed specimen ·olf th.1l welige-'tailed eagle (Urol1etus audax), also eggs of several kinds o f pheasants, a n d of t h e Californian quail, laid b y he r birds a t Beaumaris. Mr. A. L . Butler showed a skin of t h e blue· banded parrakeet, a n d also i t s eggs, an d three sets of eggs of the white-fronted chat (.Epthianura albifrons), showing .great difference in lllarkings. Mr. Rod wa y exhihited a n d described a fungus disease o n 11 specimen of Bass'ioea cine rea. Mr. E. A. Elliott showed a s·tuffed young cormorant (.PluiIacrocorax leucogas,ter) a nd several sets of eggs of t h e same kind, taken a t Bruny Island; also egg,; of wedge-t,tiled eagle, forwarded him by M.1'. ,T. \V. :Mellor, of South ,Australia. .:Mr. F. L. Brownell showed some peculiar geologieal specimens from t h e Brisei" tin mines. Mr. G. \V . Smith ('Xilih,tt'<i some photos of t he cor- moranis' rookery a t Bruny Island, an d Mr. Clive E. Lord also some photos o f this rookery a n d ,some others of a wedge t,uied eagle's ne"t near iEIooar·t. I n t h e unavoidable absence o f Mr . A. ~ L l ~ e a (Government Entomologist), a pa-per by him wa s read by t h e secretary on HA ~ e w and Remarkable Genus of Blind Beetles from Australia a n d manil1, of t he Fl1mily rrrichopterygidae," which will be found elsewhere ill this is'sue. Mr . Clive Lord read a n interesting account of t h e recent camp-out a t Ford Bay, Bruny Island, and which also ap · pears in this issue. iMr. !G. IW. Smith, 0If th e Ox f'Ol'd University, Iwho h;a,s Ibee'n senit h y t h inst'itution 't o ~ l ' a s m a n i l a <to ~ o r k u p a report on t h e freshwater crustacea of this island, gave a most interesting account of some o f these animals, illustrating hi s remarks with sketches on a blackuoard. I t is antici pated that an artiCle oy Mr . Smith, emhmcing the subject matter of h i s re marks a t the meeting, will appear i n t h e next issue of tire "Tasmanian Natural iBt." 1 T he usual conversazione closed a very enjoyable meeting. Note on a t.9asmanian Jfern.-C§ystopteris Jfragilis fBern. BY L. HODWAY (Government Botani.st). 'Thiil fern, so r,u·e with us, h a once m m e <been gathf'T'cd. :\11'. T. B. :\1,0 ore, who justly stands i n the front as a k"en o b s ( ~ ' v e r . rec.ently found i t in t h e neigll IbouriJood of t h e Fmnklin Ran·gc. Only I'1€leOr,u of it.s existence in rrasnlania is t ha t 0 f Gunn, \Y ho dis'cover·ed i t near Lwk·e St. Clair. Th e disir'ibution of this delicate fern is y·e.rv extensi,"e. bu t chie'fiy in t'he norther;l hemisphere.
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