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Vol. XX.— No. 12. APKIL 7, 1904. No. 244. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 14th March, 1904. 



Mr. D. Le Souef, C.ALZ.S., vice-president, occupied the chair, 

 and about 55 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the Club excursion to Beaumaris on Saturday, 

 20th February, was read by the leader, Mr. F. Chapman, 

 A.L.S., who stated that about twelve members were present. 

 The condition of the tide was unfortunately unfavourable, 

 but by devoting their search to the small rock-pools the 

 party were able to secure many interesting marine forms. 

 Examples of the Copepoda and Ostracoda were taken, one of the 

 latter proving new to Victorian waters. Samples of a frothy 

 material washed up by the tide, collected for microscopical 

 examination at home, were found to be rich in living Diatomacese, 

 several species being recorded. • 



A report of the geological excursion to Keilor on Saturday, 

 1 2th March, was given by the leader, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., who, 

 by means of a geological map of the district and a coloured plan, 

 traversed in detail the spots visited, explaining at length the 

 different formations met with. Descriptions of the locality have 

 already appeared in the Naturalist, vol. x., p. 21, and vol. xiv., 

 p. 52. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library.— "Proceedings Royal Society of Vic- 

 toria," vol. xvi. (N.S.), part 2, from the Society ; Agricultural 

 Gazette of New Sotith Wales, February and March, 1904, from 

 the Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney; "Forest Flora of New 

 South Wales," by J- H. Maiden, F.L.S., from Department of 

 Lands, Sydney ; " Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New 

 South Wales :' Monograph of the Cretaceous Invertebrate Fauna," 

 by R. Etheridge, jun., from the Department of Mines and Agri- 

 culture, Sydney ; " Annual Report Smithsonian Institute," 

 1901, from the Institute ; Nature Notes, January and February, 

 1904, from the Selborne Society, London. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The hon. secretary announced that the Royal Society of Vic- 

 toria had decided at their meeting in April next to present to 



