Cbc Uictortait naturalist 



Vol. XXII.— No. 9. JANUARY 11, 1906, No. 265. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Chib was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth December, 1905. 

 The president, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, occupied the chair, and 

 about 65 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Rosstown on Saturday, 25th 

 November, was given by the leader, Mr. O. A. Sayce, who said 

 that for some reason or other the ponds did not yield the usual 

 abundance of animal life. 



A report of the excursion to Ferntree Gully on Saturday, 9th 

 December, was given by the leaders, Messrs. J. A. Kershaw, 

 F.E.S., and R. A. Bastow, who had charge of the entomological 

 and cryptogamic botanical sections respectively. Each reported 

 an interesting day, though the specimens obtained were not of 

 any great rarity. 



A report of the junior excursion to Brighton Beach on 

 Saturday, 2nd December, was given by the leader, Mr. J. 

 Shephard, who said that some thirty juniors were present, the 

 attendance being smaller than usual, doubtless on account of the 

 threatening weather. Unfortunately, owing to a high tide, little 

 else than a few sea-weeds and hydroids could be collected, and 

 an approaching storm caused an early retreat to the station, con- 

 sequently the outing could hardly be considered a success. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — Journal of Agriculture of Victoria, 

 September, 1905, from the Secretary for Agriculture ; " Proceed- 

 ings Royal Society of Victoria," vol. xviii. (new series), part i, 

 from the Society; Geelong Naturalist, September, 1905, from the 

 Geelong Field Naturalists' Club ; Emu, vol. v., part 2, and 

 Supplement, October, 1905, from the Australian Ornithologists' 

 Union ; "Forest Flora of New South Wales," vol. ii., part 7, and 

 " Revision of Genus Eucalyptus," part 7, by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., 

 Government Botanist, from the author ; Agricultural Gazette of 

 New South Wales, September, October, and November, 1905, from 

 the Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney ; " Annals of the Queensland 

 Museum," No. 6, from the Curator ; " Transactions New Zealand 

 Institute," vol. xxxvii. (1904), from the Institute; Nature Notes, 

 August, September, and October, 1905, from the Selborne Society, 

 London ; Nature Study, August, September, and October, 1905, 

 from the publisher. 



