Proceedings of the Royal Society for June, 1874

Abstract

The usual monthly evening meeting was held on Tuesday, the 9th June, J. Barnard, Esq., in the chair. The Secretary read a letter from F.W. Hutton, Esq., the Curator of the Otago Museum, New Zealand, offering a skeleton of Dinornis elephantopus in exchange for some of our mammals and birds. A specimen of this species of "Moa" would be of such value to the Museum, and of such general interest, that residents in the country, whether members of the Society or otherwise, are earnestly requested, if they have it in their power, to forward to the Museum some of the animals required, such as native tigers, devils, kangaroos, wallabies, opossums, kangaroo rats, bandicoots, birds, &c. A letter from A. Gunther was read in relation to a seal occurring in an inland fresh water lake in Tasmania. A paper on "Some species of Tasmanian Birds," by Lieut. W. V. Legge, R.A., F.Z.S., M. R.A.S., was read. Mr. F. Abbott read a paper on the forthcoming transit of Venus.