Cbc Uktorian HatMralisi 



Vol. XXIL— No. 3. JULY 6, 1905. No. 259. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Flail on Monday evening, 12th June, 1905. 



Mr. F. Wisewould, one of the vice-presidents, occupied the 

 chair, in the unavoidable absence of the president, through ill- 

 health, and about 65 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the junior excursion to the Entomological Branch, 

 Department of Agriculture, held on Saturday, 3rd June, was 

 furnished by the leader, Mr. C. French, jun., who reported that, 

 doubtless owing to the inclement weather, only some 35 members 

 attended. The afternoon was spent in viewing the collections of 

 economic birds, insects, &c. Great interest was taken in the 

 life-histories of many of the insects, which were explained by the 

 leader. During the last few months, many life-histories of the 

 commoner Victorian insects have been added to the collection, 

 which is now considered by American and European 

 entomologists who have viewed it to be the best of its kind in 

 Australia. 



A report of the visit to the National Museum on Saturday, 

 loth June, was given by the leader, Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., 

 Curator of the Museum, who reported a good attendance of 

 members. Before examining the collections opportunity was 

 taken to point out the progress of the new buildings and the 

 proposed arrangement of portions of the collections in the new 

 halls. The leader then gave a brief outline of the classification 

 adopted in the Museum, and a detailed examination was made of 

 the various cases of animals and birds in their natural sequence. 

 However, the afternoon proved too short to allow of proper time 

 being devoted to the reptiles and fishes, and the inspection of 

 the invertebrate collections had to be abandoned altogether. 



A report of the meeting for juniors held at the Biological 

 School University on Saturday afternoon, loth June, was given 

 by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, who stated that the lecture by Professor 

 W. Baldwin Spencer, C.M.G., entitled "Arms and Legs," was 

 attentively listened to by nearly 60 junior members. The 

 lecturer, by means of diagrams and specimens, pointed out in a 

 clear and simple manner the correspondence of structure in the 

 limbs of different groups of animals and birds, and made his 



