Cbe Ukforian natisralisi 



Vol. XXIL— No. 10. FEBRUARY 8, 1906. No. 266. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Chib was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 15th January, 1906. 



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

 about 70 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



The President, in calling upon Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S., leader 

 of the Club excursion to Wilson's Promontory during the 

 Christmas holidays, to give a brief outline of the work done, said 

 that the committee, finding complete reports of the outing could 

 not be prepared in time for this meeting of the Club, had 

 decided to present the pictorial results at a public meeting to be 

 held in about three weeks' time, reserving the scientific results for 

 the next ordinary meeting. Mr. Hardy then said that the 

 excursion had been a great success so far as gaining a know- 

 ledge of the characteristics of the country embraced in the 

 National Park area, but that the collections made did not contain 

 any specimens of particular rarity. 



A report of the excursion to Heidelberg on Saturday, 13th 

 January, was given by the leader, Mr. W. Stickland, who said that 

 the party was favoured with a lovely day. The ponds on the 

 right-hand side of the road, near the bridge over the Yarra, were 

 found to be in good condition. A small] but very deep and 

 quiet pool, surrounded by trees, yielded many specimens. The 

 rotifer genus Lacinularia was much in evidence, beautiful 

 growths of L. socialis and one of the pendunculate species being 

 obtained. A number of free-swimming rotifers, amongst them 

 the somewhat rare Pterodina rejlexa, were noted, and a variety of 

 Baker's Brachionus with unusually long posterior spines. 

 Amongst protozoa the bell animalcules were the most flourishing, 

 Carchesium polypimtm being very abundant ; but the most 

 remarkable growths were those of Epistylis Jlavicans, some of 

 which could be measured by the inch. Hydra viridis was also 

 plentiful. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. Wm. M'Kay Cannon was elected 

 an ordinary member, and Miss H. Le Souef and Master J. W. 

 Collings were elected junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The chairman announced that Mr. C. L. Barrett, owing to 

 pressure of business, had resigned from the position of hon. 



