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Vol. XV.— No. 6. OCTOBER 6, 1898. 



No. 178. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Ckib was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 12th September, 1898. Mr. 

 T. S. Hall, M.A., one of the vice-presidents, occupied the chair, 

 and about 50 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



The leader, Mr. J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S., gave a short report 

 of the excursion to Cheltenham on Saturday, 20th August. 

 There was a fair attendance of members, but few flowers were 

 collected, owing to the early period of the season; however, some 

 time was profitably spent in tracing out their specific names by 

 the aid of Baron von Mueller's " Key to the System of Victorian 

 Plants." 



The leaders, Messrs. R. Hall and G. Coghill, reported that the 

 excursion to Ringwood on Saturday, loth September, was 

 attended by twelve members and friends, and, despite heavy rain, 

 an enjoyable afternoon was spent. Several orchids and other 

 flowers were obtained, eggs of the Spine-billed Honey-eater, and 

 some photographs of nests were taken. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following donations 

 to the library : — " Geological Survey of Victoria," Progress Report 

 No. 9, from the Mining Department ; "Transactions of the Royal 

 Geographical Society of Australasia " (Victorian Branch), vol. xv., 

 from the Society ; "The Wombat," July, 1898, from the Geelong 

 Field Naturalists' Society ; " Annual Report of the Department 

 of Mines and Agriculture, New South Wales," for 1897, from the 

 Department ; " Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of 

 New South Wales," 1897, from the Society ; " Proceedings of the 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales," 1898, part ii., from the 

 Society ; " Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia," 

 vol. xxii., part i., from the Society ; " Transactions of the New 

 Zealand Institute," 1897, from the Institute ; " Queensland Botany 

 Bulletin," June, 1898, from the Government Botanist, Brisbane ; 

 " Nature Notes," July and August, 1898, from the Selborne 

 Society, London. 



ELECTION OF MEMBER. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. John Wilcox was duly elected a 

 member of the Club. 



