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Vol. XIII.— No. 11. FEBRUARY, 1897. No. 159. 



{PUBLISHED MARCH 4, 1897.') 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 8th February, 1897. The 

 chair was occupied by Mr. J. Shephard, one of the vice- 

 presidents, and some eighty members and visitors were present. 



reports. - 



A report of the excursion to Nar-Nar-Goon on Saturday, 16th 

 January, was forwarded by the leader, Mr. H. Giles. The 

 members attending this excursion were rather successful, some 

 rare beetles being collected, among which were Chondropygia 

 gidosa, Tetralobus CunningJiami, Gcdbodema Mannerheimi, 

 Chaodalis Macleayii, Schizorrhina Bestii, and Tricaulax 

 Philipsii. 



A report of the excursion to Ferntree Gully on Foundation Day, 

 26th January, was read by the leader, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, who 

 mentioned that the excursion was fairly successful and an enjoy- 

 able day was spent. Among the plants obtained were Cyno- 

 glossum latifolium, Coprosma Billardieri, Dianella Tasmanica, 

 Lyonsia straminea, and Dipodium punctatwm, as well as severai 

 species of ferns. A few beetles were collected, and numbers of 

 the beautiful butterfly, Papilio Macleayanus, were seen. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard mentioned having received a letter from 

 England, from Mrs. Forbes-Leith, informing him of the death of 

 her husband, one of the original members and latterly an hon. 

 member of the club. It was decided that a letter of sympathy be 

 sent to Mrs. Forbes-Leith. 



PAPERS. 



By Mr. D. Le Souef, entitled " Notes on a Trip to the Bloom- 

 field River, Queensland." The author gave an interesting account 

 of a trip lately made to the Peter Botte Mountain, near Cooktown, 

 North Queensland. The habits of many of the birds met with, 

 especially the Talegalla, were described, also some of the 

 characteristics of the natives who accompanied him. Benneit's 

 Tree Kangaroos were plentiful, and one of the objects of his 

 visit was to procure some of those on the mountains, in order to 

 determine to which species they belonged. The paper was 

 splendidly illustrated with lantern views from photos, taken by 

 the author. 



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