94 THE VICTORIAN NATUKALIST. [Vol. XXIV. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Greensborough on Saturday, 24th 

 August, was furnished by the leaders, Messrs. Keartland and 

 Barnard, who reported a good attendance of members. The 

 former, in deaUng with the ornithological results, said that, con- 

 sidering the locality, birds were rather scarce, and only familiar 

 species were seen. A nest of the Yellow-rumped Acanthiza, 

 containing three eggs, was found, while a Harmonious Thrush 

 seemed to be nesting near the Plenty River. Regarding the 

 botany, Mr. Barnard said that the party found the Silver Wattle, 

 Acacia dealbata, just at its best, the trees being a mass of golden- 

 yellow blossom, while several other acacias were also noted in 

 bloom. The Tree Violet, Hymenanthera Banksii, was flowering 

 profusely, but the most interesting flower found was the delicate 

 Grevillea rosmarinifolia, which grows sparingly on the rocky 

 banks of the stream. 



A report of the junior excursion to Royal Park on Saturday, 

 7th September, was given by the leader, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., 

 who said that there was an attendance of about 20 juniors, and an 

 interesting afternoon was spent in studying the geology of the 

 railway cutting, which has frequently been described before the 

 Club. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Annual Report of Department of 

 Mines and Water Supply, Victoria," for 1906, from the Depart- 

 ment ; Jori7'nal of Agriculture of Victoria, vol. v., part 8, August, 

 1907, from the Secretary for Agriculture; "Nests and Eggs of 

 Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania," by A. J. 

 North, C.M.Z.S., vol. ii., part 2, from the Trustees, Australian 

 Museum, Sydney ; " Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales," 1907, part 2, from the Society; Agricultural 

 Gazette of New South Wales, vol. xviii., part 8, August, 1907, 

 from the Secretary for Mines, Sydney ; " Ferns of Tasmania," by 

 L. Rodway, Government Botanist, from the Tasmanian Field 

 Naturalists' Club. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. J. A. Leach, Barry-street, Carlton, 

 and Mr. J. C. Robinson, Cambridge-road, Box Hill, were duly 

 elected as ordinary members ; Mr. Wm. Hy. Farr, Flinders, as a 

 country member ; and Masters J. M'Cutcheon, Boundary-road, 

 Malvern, and Francis C. Clements, Bruce-street, Toorak, as 

 junior members. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Prof. Ewart referred to the proposed rule submitted by him to 

 the general meeting on the 12th ult., and again urged the desir- 

 ability of having a specimen of any new plant recorded in the 



