Cbe Ulctorian naturalist 



Vol. XXIL— No. 11. MARCH 8, 1906. No. 267 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 

 The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 12th February, 1906. 



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

 about 80 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Beaumaris on Saturday, 3rd 

 February, was given by the leader, Mr. J- Shephard, who stated 

 that fifteen members and friends were present. The party were 

 fortunate in arriving at low tide. Shells were fairly numerous, 

 and a number of calcareous sponges were found. From some 

 sea-weed collected, Mr. Stickland had been fortunate in finding 

 a number of diatoms. Altogether an interesting and profitable 

 afternoon was spent by those present. 



A report of the junior excursion to Fairfield on Saturday, 3rd 

 February, was given by the leader, Mr. J. A. Leach, B.Sc, who said 

 that about twenty-five juniors were present. The object of the 

 excursion was set down as pond-life, but, owing to the ponds 

 having dried up, the afternoon was principally spent in examining 

 the cuttings of the Outer Circle railway line, where some interest- 

 ing features in the geology and geography of the district were 

 pointed out and notes taken for future reference. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following dona- 

 tions to the library : — Journal of Agrictdlure of Victoria, Decem- 

 ber, 1905, from Department of Agriculture, Melbourne; The Emu, 

 vol. v., part 3, January, 1906, from the Australasian Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union ; Geelong Naturalist, vol. ii., No. 2; from the Geelong 

 Field Naturalists' Club ; Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 

 December, 1905, January and February, 1906, from the Secretary 

 for Agriculture, Sydney ; " Forest Flora of New South Wales," 

 vol. n., part 8, by J. H. Maiden, F.L.S., Government Botanist, 

 from the author ; " Proceedings Linnean Society of New South 

 Wales," vol. xxx., part 2, from the society ; " Annual Report of 

 the Australian Museum, Sydney, 1905," from the trustees ; 

 " Transactions of Royal Society of South Australia," vol. xxix., 

 from the society; Nature Notes, November and December, 1905, 

 January, 1906, from the Selborne Society, London ; and Nature 

 Study, November and December, 1905, from the publisher. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss Barnett, Post-Office, Abbotsford, 

 and Mr. A. A. Henderson, B.Sc, Mines Department, Melbourne, 



