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The President congratulated Mr. Dudley Le Souef on his 

 having been elected a corresponding member of the Zoological 

 Society (London), and mentioned that this is the third occasion 

 on which the distinction of C.M.Z.S. has been conferred upon a 

 member of the Club. 



PAPERS. 



1. By Mr. D. M'Alpine, entitled " Notes on the Fungi of 

 Kerguelen Island." 



The author briefly referred to the fungi collected by Mr. Robert 

 Hall during his recent visit to Kerguelen Island, and con- 

 gratulated the collector on his energy in having secured in such a 

 short time more species than the total number previously 

 recorded. Of the ten species obtained, two were new to science, 

 belonging to the genera Panseolus and Fusarium ; and three 

 others were unrecorded for the island. 



2. By Mr. Robert Hall, entitled " Notes on the Birds of 

 Kerguelen Island." 



The author read portions of his paper, which dealt systemati- 

 cally with the various birds observed, giving copious notes on 

 their habits, methods of nesting, &c. 



Some discussion ensued, in which Messrs. Wood, Campbell, 

 Tisdall, Keartland, and others joined. 



The President expressed his pleasure at seeing an old member, 

 Mr. F. J. EUemor, at a club meeting again. Mr. Ellemor then 

 gave some account of the natural history of Johannesburg (South 

 Africa) and district, and of the formation of a field naturalists' 

 club there, modelled on the lines of the Field Naturalists' Club of 

 Victoria. He also brought for the inspection of members a very 

 fine series of Transvaal bird skins, butterflies, &c. 



The secretary read a clipping from the Leader, raising the 

 question of the advisability of introducing more European 

 insectivorous birds to cope with the codlin moth and other insect 

 pests, and asking what the Field Naturalists' Club advised. The 

 President, Messrs. Frost, Keartland, Coles, Campbell, and 

 Wisewould discussed the matter, and were almost unanimously 

 opposed to the introduction of any more birds, whose habits in 

 this country could not be guaranteed to continue the same as in 

 Europe. They rather favoured fuller protection to, and the 

 encouragemeut of, our known native insectivorous birds. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. L. BilUnghurst. — A newly fledged specimen of 

 the Yellowed-tailed Honey-eater, from Castlemaine. By Mr. 

 A. Coles. — 3 males and i female. Twelve-wire Birds of 

 Paradise, Seleucides alba, showing change in plumage. By Mr. 

 F. J. Ellemor. — 35 species of birds, including Halcyon orientalis, 

 Corythornis cyanostigma, Gorythaix musophaga (pair), Coccystes 



