THE 



Victorian ^atwralt^t* 



V^OL. XV.— No. 2. JUNE 9, 1898. No. 174. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was lield at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 9th May, 1898. 

 The president, Mr. C. French, F.L.S., occupied the chair, and 

 about 50 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



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

 30th April, was given by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, who stated that 

 the members present had many of the unique specimens which 

 the Museum contains pointed out to them by Mr. J. A. Kershaw, 

 and spent a most enjoyable and profitable afternoon. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Popular Handbook to the Micros- 

 cope," by Lewis Wright, from Mr. J. Shephard ; "The San Jose 

 Scale — Guide to Growers, No. 25," from the Department of 

 Agriculture, Victoria; "The Geelong Naturalist," November, 

 1897, from the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club ; " The Wombat," 

 April, 1898, from Gordon Technical College, Geelong; "Con- 

 tributions to the Botany of Queensland," by F. M. Bailey, F.L.S., 

 from the author; " Nature Notes," March and April, 1898, from 

 the Selborne Society, London ; "United States National Museum 

 Reports for 1893 and 1894," from the Museum; "Smithsonian 

 Report for 1895," from the Institute ; " Minesota Botanical 

 Studies," vol. i. ; " Field Columbian Museum Reports," Zoo- 

 logical Series, vol. i., Nos. 6 and 7, Geological Series, vol. i., No. 2; 

 " Proceedings Boston Society of Natural History," vol. xxviii., 

 Nos. I, 2, 3, 4, and 5 ; " Proceedings Academy of Natural 

 .Sciences, Philadelphia," 1897, part i. ; and " Proceedings Indiana 

 Academy of Science," 1894 and 1895, through the Smithsonian 

 Institute. 



ELECTtON OF MEMI'.ERS. 



On a ballot being taken. Dr. Hutton was elected a member of 

 the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Messrs. J. T. Gillespie and J. H. Gatliff were elected to audit 

 the accounts of the year ending 3olh April, 1898; and nomina- 

 tions for office-bearers for the ensuing year, 1898-9, were 

 received. 



PAPER. 



By Mr. A. J. Campbell, entitled " Notes on the Square-tailed 

 Cuckoo." 



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