Field NatiiPalists' Club of Vicfopia, 



ROOMS— ROYAL SOCIETY'S HALL, VICTORIA ST., MELBOURNE. 



BUSINESS PAPER FOR MONTHLY MEETING. 



Monday, 12th December, 1898, at Eight p.m. 



1. Correspondence and Reports. 



2, Election of Members. 



Mr. H. W. Hunt .. 

 Mrs. H. W. Hunt 

 Mr. Dudley Newport 



Proposer. 

 J. T. Gillespie 

 J. T. Gillespie 

 Robt. Hall 



Seconder. 

 Geo. Coghill 

 Geo. Coghill 

 Geo. Coghill 



3. Nominations for Membership. 



Members making nominations will oblige by handing the full name and address to 

 Hon. Secretary. 



4. General Business. 



5. Reading of Papers and Discussions thereon. 



1. By Mr. R. Hall, " Birds of the Box Hill 'District." -Continued. 



2. By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, "Winter Notes from Queensland." 



3. By Mr. S. W. Jackson, " Discovery of the Nest and Eggs of the Rufous Scrub 



Bird {Atrichia rufescem)." 



6. Reading of Natural History Notes. 



Members who may note any unusual occurrence, or see anything of interest in Foreign 

 or Colonial papers, are requested to inform the Secretary of the same that he 

 may arrange for their bringing them before the meeting ; such notes should, 

 however, be brief. 



^ EXCURSIONS. ^ 



Saturday, 17TH December. From Flinders Street Station, 

 at 9.30 a.m. Plenty {vid Regent Street Station). Under the 

 leadership of Mr. D. Best. Entomology. 



Saturday, 14TH January. Port Phillip. Dredging. Under the 

 leadership of Mr. J. Gabriel. (Fuller details in next Naturalist). 



(Memo. The leaders will be glad to have, at this meeting, the names of those 

 proposmg to join in these excursions). 



