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Vol. XIII.— No. L JULY, 1896. No. 152. 



{PUBLISHED AUGUST 6, 1S96.) 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal Society's 

 Hall on Monday evening, 13th July, 1896. The president, 

 Professor Baldwin Spencer, M.A., occupied the chair, and about 

 70 members and visitors were present. 



The President announced that an almost complete set of the 

 periodical Natural Science had been presented to the Club's 

 library by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, and that the Committee had 

 decided in future to add the publication to the list of magazines 

 purchased for the use of the members. 



Mr. G. Coghill drew attention to the publication of Warne's 

 " Royal Natural History," which is being republished in weekly 

 parts. 



PAPERS. 



1. By Mr. J. Gabriel, F.L.S., entitled "Collecting in Riverina 

 During Full Flood." 



The author gave an interesting account of a collecting trip to 

 the Riverina District, N.S.W., during the spring, when the country 

 is to a great extent flooded, and recorded much valuable infor- 

 mation on the birds of the district between Deniliquin and the 

 Murray. The paper was well illustrated by some fifty splendid 

 limelight views, and also by specimens of the birds' eggs referred to. 



Some discussion ensued, in which Messrs A. Coles and C. 

 French took part. 



2. By Mr. C. C. Brittlebank, entitled " Notes on the So-called 

 Miocene Deposits of Bacchus Marsh." 



The author gave a brief description of the characteristic 

 features of the district, with more detailed explanations and 

 measurements of the sections exposed in the valleys of the rivers 

 and creeks. Carefully prepared drawings of sections were shown 

 to illustrate the paper. 



In the discussion which followed, Messrs. G. Sweet, F.G.S., 

 T. S. Hall, M.A., and H. R. Hogg, M.A., took part. 



Mr. J. Searle exhibited lantern slide of photograph of mouse 

 taken by Rontgen rays. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



i. By Mr. A. Coles, on "A Supposed New Species of Sandpiper 

 from Western Port, Victoria, probably between the Curlew Sand- 

 piper and the Great Sandpiper." 



[This bird has been identified by Mr. A. J. Campbell, F.L.S., 



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