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CM Uictorian naturallsi 



Vol. XXXVI.— No. 7. NOVEMBER 6, 1919. No. 431. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 13th October, 1919. 



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

 and about sixty members and visitors were present. 



The chairman said that members would be grieved to learn 

 that during the previous week their hon. treasurer, Mr. F. 

 Pitcher, had suffered another sudden bereavement by the 

 death of his only daughter. She had been an active worker 

 at the recent exhibition of wild-flowers, which made the shock 

 all the more severe. He moved that the sympathy of the 

 meeting be conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. Pitcher in their sorrow. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Bendigo on Saturday, 13th 

 September, was furnished by Mr. D. J. Paton, of Bendigo, one 

 of the leaders, and read by Mr. C. Daley, M.A., his co-leader. 

 The excursion, from a botanical point of view, had been a great 

 success, but, owing to unpropitious weather, some incon- 

 venience was experienced, and changes had to be made in the 

 programme. x\bout a dozen members and friends left town 

 . by the early trains, reaching Bendigo soon after mid-day. The 

 neighbourhood of One-Tree Hill and the Spring Gully Reservoir 

 was visited in the afternoon, and next day a visit was made 

 to the country north-west of Eaglehawk, where the pretty 

 little shrub, Cryptandra amara, was found in full bloom, 

 accompanied by Bovonia anemonifolia, another charming species. 

 A few insects had been taken by the entomologist of the party, 

 but the weather was against that branch of natural history. 

 The chairman remarked that the original forest of the Bendigo 

 district had practically disappeared, the whole of the trees seen 

 being secondary growth. As the result of Mr. F. E. Wilson's 

 description and illustration at the previous meeting, he had been 

 able to recognize the notes of several Bell-Miners during the 

 outing. 



A report of the excursion to Alphington on Saturday, 20th 

 September, was given by the leader, Mr. J. Searle, who reported 

 a fair attendance of members. The afternoon was devoted to 

 pond life, which was found to be very abundant in the pools 

 visited. The species obtained, however, did not reveal any 

 unusual occurrence. 



A report of the excursion from Emerald to Beaconsfield was 

 forwarded by the leader, Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S., who reported 



