thrown open to the public in the new gallery :
 

• Myrmecobius fusciatus, the banded ant-eater from the Coolgardie-road, presented by Mr. Frank Reed ;
• a large carpet snake, a dab-chick, and a delicate owl by Mr. F. H. Hayllar ;
• two specimens of jarrah, in excellent preservation, although portions of
• piles over 30 years in Bunbury Harbor, by the Hon. R. W. Hardey, M.L.C. ;
• a white-goshawk, by Mr. S. O’Grady, of Kimberley ;
• an Echidna aculeata, the native porcupine, by Mr. E F. Robins of Newcastle ;
• auriferous quartz from the Rand, South Africa, by H. Taylor Esq. ;
• a small carpet snake by Mr. J. W. Harris.

The latter is mounted on the branch of a fig-tree in the act of swallowing a silver-eye. These are quite harmless and in fact, useful friends to fruit-growers and so should be protected instead of being wantonly destroyed. If there be any poisonous snakes in the colony specimens will thankfully accepted ; in fact, any mammals, birds, reptiles, or fish addressed to the Curator will be set up at once by the Taxidermist, Mr. Otto Lippert [sic], and duly acknowledged to the donor both by letter and on the labels in the Museum. Specimens of minerals, rocks and ores and also native weapons and implements will be gladly received.