Proceedings of the Royal Society for November, 1873

Abstract

The monthly evening meeting of the Society was held on Tuesday, the 11th November, M. Allport, Esq., in the chair. -From Dr. Haast, Director of Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand— a Skeleton of Moa (Dinornis giganteus, var. maximus) prepared for articulating. [This invaluable presentation contains all the known bones of the gigantic variety of the Moa]. -Includes a discussion on the genus Cheironectes-The only place in which the Chairman had seen the present species living was in one of the bays on South Bruni. -Mr. Gould introduced to the notice of the Society a small series of beautifully crystallized examples of three species of minerals, identical in chemical composition, but differing in various physical characteristics, such as system of crystallization, cleavage, &c. These were Rutile, Anatase, and Brookite, all of which had the same composition (Oxide of Titanium, or Titanic Acid). -