

Cbe Uictorian naturalist 



Vol. XXXVI.— No. U. MAECH 4, 1920. No. 435. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, gth February, 1920. 

 The president, Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., occupied the chair, 

 and about fifty members and visitors]^ were present. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



From Mr. Allan MacCaskill, jun., Coleraine, forwarding for 

 the Club's library a copy of Webster's " British Orchids." It 

 was decided, on the motion of jMr. St. John, seconded by Mr. 

 Keep, that a letter of thanks be forwarded to Mr. MacCaskill. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to the " Organ Pipes," Sydenham, 

 on Saturday, 17th January, was' given by the leader, Mr. A. L. 

 Scott, who said that there had been a good attendance of 

 members. The day was very pleasant, and the party journeyed 

 by char-a-banc v4a Bulla and Holden. At his request, Mr. 

 R. E. Luher, B.A., who had made a special study of the 

 district recently, kindly consented to act as " demonstrator," 

 and at different points gave an outline of the geological history 

 of the surroundings, special attention being drawn to the lava 

 flows and the resulting physiography, and to the kaolin occur- 

 rence near Bulla. Photographs were taken by several members 

 of the many interesting features met with. 



[Accounts of previous excursions, with illustrations, will be 

 found in the Naturalist for November, igoo, vol. xvii., p. 120, 

 and July, igii, vol. xxviii., p. 51. — Ed. Vict. Nat.] 



Mr. Barnard suggested that the district should be visited 

 in spring, when the appearance of the hills and valleys would 

 be so totally different to the middle of summer that few would 

 recognize it as the same place. 



TJie president reported that, owing to unforeseen circum- 

 stances, the excursion to Powelltown had not been carried out. 



A report of the excursion to Beaumaris on Saturday, 31st 

 Januar}^, was, in the absence of the leader, Mr. J. Shephard, 

 given by Mr. J. Stickland, who said that, though the tide was 

 favourable, owing to an unfortunate change of wind just before 

 the party reached the scene of operations, the use of the tow- 

 net could not be attempted, and the members had to content 

 themselves with what they could collect along the shore. 

 The results reported revealed nothing but ordinary occurrences, 

 but a gathering of foraminifera has yet to be worked out. 



