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Vol. XIII.— No. 6. SEPTEMBER, 1896. No. 154. 



(PUBLISHED OCTOBER 8, 1896.) 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 14th September, 1896. The 

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

 and some 60 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS.. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following dona- 

 tions to the library : — Natural Science, vols, ii., iii., iv., v., and vi., 

 from Mr. F. G. A. Barnard ; " Report of Horn Exploring 

 Expedition," parts 2 and 3, from Mr. W. A. Horn ; " Proceedings 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales (second series), vol x., part 

 4, and 1896, part 1 (with Supplement), from Society; "Trans- 

 actions Royal Society of South Australia," vol. xvi., part 3, from 

 Society; "Transactions Royal Society of Tasmania," 1894-5, 

 from Society; "Transactions of New Zealand Institute," 1895, from 

 Institute; "Proceedings Australasian Association for Advance- 

 ment of Science," Brisbane meeting, 1895, from the Association ; 

 " Annual Report of Trustees, Australian Museum, Sydney," 1895, 

 from Trustees ; "Botany Bulletin, Queensland," No. 13, from the 

 Government Botanist, Brisbane ; " Proceedings Nova Scotian 

 Institute of Science," vol. i. (second series), part 4, from the 

 Institute ; " Proceedings Boston Society of Natural History," 

 vol. xxvi., part 4, from Society; and "Proceedings Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia,'' 1895, part 2, from Academy. 



The hon. secretary reported that a meeting for practical work 

 was held on Monday evening, 24th August, when Mr. T. S. Hall, 

 M.A., gave a demonstration on the classification and grouping of 

 rocks, with the identification of some of the commoner kinds. 

 There was a good attendance of members, and a most profitable 

 evening was spent, a large number of typical specimens being 

 handed round for study. 



A report of the excursion to Clayton on Saturday, 22nd 

 August, was read by the leader, Mr. C. French, juu. An enjoy- 

 able afternoon was spent, and among the plants noticed may be 

 mentioned Acacia oxycedrus, Styphelia eMiptica, Drosera binata, 

 Boronia polygalifolia, Corysanthes ungaiculata, Pterostylis pedun- 

 culata, and Ophioglossum vulgatum. Some members devoted 

 their attention to pond life, when, amongst other objects, an 

 interesting alga, probably belonging to the family Chroococcus, 

 was noted. 



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