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Vol. IX.— No. 7. NOVEMBER, 1892. No. 107. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, ioth October, and 

 proved one of the most successful of the present year. Mr. D. 

 Best, one of the vice-presidents, occupied the chair, and there 

 was an attendance of more than ioo members and friends. 



librarian's report. 



The hon. librarian reported the following donations to the 

 library : — " Nidifications of Manucodia comrii," from A. J. 

 North ; " Additions to Avifauna of Tasmania, Norfolk and 

 Lord Howe Islands," from A. J. North ; " Journal of Bombay 

 Natural History Society," v., 3 ; " Guides to Growers, No. 6 — 

 Apple Root Beetle," from Department of Agriculture, Victoria ; 

 " Guides to Growers, No. 7 — Aphis Blight of Peaches," from 

 Department of Agriculture, Victoria ; " Smithsonian Report for 

 1888-9," from Smithsonian Institute; "Report of United States 

 National Museum," 1888, from Smithsonian Institute; "Trans- 

 actions of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Art, and Letters," 

 viii., 1888-91, from Academy ; " Proceedings of the Nova Scotia 

 Institute of Science," second series, i., 1, from Institute ; " Pro- 

 ceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia," 

 October-December, 1890, from Academy. 



REPORTS of recent excursions. 



Reports of recent excursions to Melton and Cheltenham were 

 presented to the meeting by Messrs. G. A. Keartland and C. 

 French, jun. 



MEETING FOR PRACTICAL WORK. 



At the meeting on 26th September Mr. R. A. Bastow gave a 

 description of the natural order Musci, and illustrated the same 

 by means of a large diagram containing the parts of inflorescence 

 and the varied forms of fructification. Great interest was mani- 

 fested in the subject, and, doubtless, some of the members will 

 be encouraged to pursue the study of these small forms of 

 vegetable life. 



There is a wide field and ample scope for investigation and 

 collection of mosses in Victoria, as, with few honourable excep- 



