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Vol. XXL— No. 5. SEPTEMBER 8, 1904. No. 249. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 8th August, 1904. 



The president, Mr. O. A. Sayce, occupied the chair, and about 

 65 members and friends were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the Club excursion to the Zoological Gardens was 

 given by Mr. J. Shephard, in the absence of the leader, Mr. D. 

 Le Souef, C.M.Z.S. A fair number of members were present, 

 and a very enjoyable afternoon was spent in viewing the various 

 animals and birds. 



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

 ations to tlie library : — " General System of Botany," by Le 

 Maout and De Caisne, edited by J. D. Hooker, C.B., 2 vols. 

 (1876), from Mr. S. W. Fulton ; "Catalogue of the Described 

 Coleoptera of Australia," by G. Masters (purchased); "Bulletin 

 of the Geological Survey of Victoria," No. 12, with three maps, 

 from the Department of Mines, Victoria; Journal of Agricul- 

 ture of Victoria,''^ vol. ii., part 7 (May, 1904), from the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Victoria ; "Review of the Genus Eucalyptus," 

 part 4, and " Forest Flora of New South Wales," part 8, by J. 

 H. Maiden, F. L.S., Government Botanist, New South Wales, 

 from the author; Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, 

 April and May, 1904, and Index to vol. xiv., from the Depart- 

 ment of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney;" " Fisheries of New 

 South Wales — First Annual Report (1902)," from the New South 

 Wales Government ; " Proceedings Linnean Society of New 

 South Wales" (1903), part 4, from the society; "Proceedings 

 Royal Society of Queensland," vol. xviii., from the society ; 

 Nature Not^s, April and May, 1904, from the Selborne Society 

 London ; " Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute, Wash- 

 ington, U.S.A.," for 1902, from the institute; "Proceedings 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia," vol. Iv., part 2 

 (1903), from the Academy ; and Wilson Bulletin, March, 1904. 



PAPERS. 



T. By Mr. A. D. Hardy, entitled "The Fresh-water Algae of 

 Victoria." * 



In this paper, which was intended as an introductory one, the 

 author referred to the apparent lack of interest manifested in the 

 subject in Victoria, due, probably, to the scarcity of literature, 

 more particularly as to local forms. 



