THE 



Victorian ^Latxxvali&t. 



Vol. XIII.— No. 2. MAY, 1896. No. 150. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth May, 1896. The 

 president, Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, M.A., occupied the 

 chair, and some 70 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Black Rock was read by Mr. J. 

 Shephard, and of the visit to the Biological School by the 

 chairman. 



ELECTION OF MEMBER. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. J. Brunning was duly elected a 

 member of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



After the nominations of office-bearers for the ensuing year had 

 been made, Messrs. R. Hall and H. Cummins were elected to 

 audit the accounts of the past year. 



PAPERS. 



1. By Rev. W. Fielder, entitled "The Intermediate Hosts of 

 Fluke " (third note). 



The paper gave a record of the results so far attained in follow- 

 ing up the life-history of the various forms of fluke found in the 

 shells forwarded from different parts of the colony. It is hoped 

 by isolating the different forms to get a definite clue to the exact 

 larval form of the liver fluke of sheep. It appears to be proved, 

 however, that although the adult form is precisely like the text- 

 book form, the life -history is different. Encystation takes place 

 in the larval host, which is so small that it may be taken in by 

 the sheep when drinking. 



Some discussion ensued, in which Professor Spencer and 

 Messrs. Keartland and T. S. Hall, M.A., took part. 



2. By Mr. G. A. Keartland, entitled "Ornithological Notes 

 from Central Australia, part i. — Raptores." 



Many interesting field observations — jotted down during the 

 journey of the expedition despatched to Central Australia, in 

 1894, by Mr. VV. A. Horn — were given relating to the eagles, 

 hawks, and owls, which are the characteristic forms of that dry 

 region. 



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