Cbe Ulctoriait naturalist 



Vol. XX.— No. 10. FEBRUARY 4, 1904. No. 242. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, i8th January, 1904. 



The president, Mr. O. A. Sayce, occupied the chair, and about 

 150 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Geological Survey of Victoria, 

 Bulletins 9, 10, and 11," from Department of Mines, Victoria; 

 Journal of A griculhire, Victoria, vol. ii., part 3 (January, 1904), 

 from Department of Agriculture, Victoria ; Einu, vol. iii., part 3, 

 (January, 1904), from the Australasian Ornithologists' Union ; 

 Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, vol. xiv., part 12, 

 from the Department of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney; "Report 

 of Australian Museum for 1903," from the Trustees Australian 

 Museum, Sydney ; " Proceedings Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales," vol. xxviii., part 3, from the society ; " Transactions 

 Royal Society of South Australia," vol. xxix., part 2, from the 

 society; Nature Notes, December, 1903, from the Selborne 

 Society, London ; Knowledge, December, 1903, from the pro- 

 prietors ; " New or Little-Known Victorian Fossils," parts i and 

 2, by F. Chapman, A.L.S., from the author. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland gave a report on the results of the 

 deputation from the Club which recently waited on the Minister 

 of Public Works to protest against the suggested alterations to the 

 Game Act. The Club was represented by the hon. secretary, Mr. 

 J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., and himself, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., being 

 unavoidably absent. They were supported by representatives of 

 the Victorian Zoological and Acclimatization Society and the 

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union. The sportsmen, who were 

 present to oppose the Club's action, were strongly represented, 

 and were supported by several members of Parliament and 

 delegates from several shire councils from the northern districts. 

 He, Mr. Keartland, explained the action taken by the Club in 

 July, 1 90 1, when a sub-committee was appointed to draw up a 

 list of suggestions for the guidance of the minister administering 

 the Game Act, and reviewed in detail the method adopted to 

 obtain the views of representative sportsmen, agriculturists, 

 bird-dealers, and others throughout the State on the subject. 

 The list which was drawn up, submitted to, and finally adopted 



