Field Nafupalisfs' Club of Vicfopia, 



ROOMS-ROYAL SOCIETY'S HALL, VICTORIA ST., MELBOURNE. 



patrons : 



BARON SIR F. VON MUELLER, K.C.M.G., M. & Ph. D., LL.D., F.R.S. 



SIR FREDERICK M'COY, K.C.M.G., M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S. 



■«* OFFICE-BEARERS, 1894-S. *• 



iPrestoent: MR. H. T. TISDALL, F.L.S. 



Wce=]Piesioent3 : MR. F. G. A. BARNARD. PROF. W. B. SPENCER, M.A. 



Ibon. CreaSUier: MR. C. FROST, Mont Victor Road, East Kew. 



Don. librarian: MR. E. ANDERSON, 17 Cunningham Road, Toorak. 



1b0ll. Secretary: MR. H. P. C. ASHVVORTH, Oxley Road, Glenferrie. 



Ifoon. Editor of tbe " Victorian HAaturalist : " 



MR. F. G. A. BARNARD, Bulleen Road, Kew. 



Committee: REV. W. FIELDER, MR. T. S. HALL, M.A., MR. G. R. HILL 



MR. J. SHEPHARD and Mr. G. SWEET. 



«& OBJECTS. *** 



This Club was founded in 1880 for the purpose of affording observers and lovers of Natural 

 History regular and frequent opportunities for discussing those special subjects in which they 

 are mutually interested ; for the Exhibition of Specimens; and for promoting Observations 

 in the Field by means of Excursions to various collecting grounds around the Metropolis. 



BUSINESS PAPER FOR MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, lOth December, 1894, at 8 f>.nr%. 



i. Correspondence and Reports. 



Report of Excursion to Werribee Gorge, from Mr. C. C. Brittlebank. 

 Report of Excursion to Warrandyte, from Mr. D. Best. 

 Report of Excursion to Plenty River, from Mr. D. Best. 



2. Election of Members. 



The following persons have been duly nominated for election at this meeting : — 

 Proposer. Seconder. 



Master Albie Best Mr. D. Best ... Mr. C. French. 



3. Nominations for Membership. 



Members making nominations will oblige by handing the full name and address to 

 Hon. Secretary. 



4. General Business. 



5. Reading of Papers and Discussions thereon. 



By Mr. C. Frost, F.L.S. — "Note on the occurrence of Hoplocephalus nigrescens, 



a snake new to Victoria." 

 By Mr. G. A. Keartland — "Ornithology in Central Australia, part 2." 

 By Professor W. B. Spencer, M.A. — " Note on a rare marsupial from Central 



Australia." 



6. Reading of Natural History Notes. 



Members who may note any unusual occurrence, or see anything of interest in 

 Foreign or Colonial papers, are requested to mention the same at our meetings 

 for the purpose of discussion. 



7. Exhibition of Specimens and Conversazione. 



Members exhibiting specimens are requested to furnish the Hon. Sec. with writte 

 particulars of their Exhibits, for record in Minutes and Naturalist. 



