THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 119 



August and September, 1904, from the publisher, C. Mosley, 

 Lockwood, England. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss Jennings, 21 Tivoli-place, South 

 Yarra, and Mr. R. Craig, State School, South Yarra, were elected 

 as ordinary members ; Mr. R. Macgregor Gillespie, " Toolang," 

 St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, and Mr. Charles Oke, 56 Chaucer- 

 road, St. Kilda, as associates ; and Miss E. Jennings, Masters 

 J. Ham, S. G. Johnston, G. Mackay ; from State school, Surrey 

 Hills— J. Billing, R. Billing, N. Browne, E. Firth, W. Hooke, L. 

 Tassell, R. Stephenson, R. Sparkman, W. Robins, M. M'Phee ; 

 from State school No. 1895 — E. Barby, H. Duncan ; from State 

 school, Glenferrie — N. Elminger ; from State school. Hawthorn 

 — A. Holmes; and from State school, Camberwell — C. J. Mann 

 and J. Spencer, as junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Several members expressed their very great regret at the death 

 of Mr. J. G. Luehmann, F.L.S., Government Botanist, recorded 

 in the last Naturalist, and the hon. secretary was directed to 

 convey to the widow and family the deep sympathy of the Club 

 in their bereavement. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland said that he was pleased to notice that 

 several successful prosecutions under the Game Act had recently 

 taken place, and commented upon the apparent ignorance of the 

 general public regarding the dates of the opening and closing of 

 the seasons. 



Attention was called to the exhibition of a fine series of water- 

 colour paintings of Australian and tropical flowers, by Mrs. Ellis 

 Rowan, and a resolution was carried that the efforts of Professor 

 Baldwin Spencer and others to retain the collection in the State 

 have the support of the Club. 



The Chairman stated that he had represented the Club on the 

 deputation which recently waited upon the Minister of Lands 

 regarding the permanent reservation of Wilson's Promontory as a 

 National Park, and though no promise was made it had since been 

 announced that the Government had decided to permanently 

 reserve the greater portion of the Promontory, but the terms of 

 the reservation had not yet been published. 



PAPERS READ. 



I. By Mr. G. A. Keartland, entitled " Notes on the Red- 

 winged Lory, Ptistes erythropterus, Gmelin." 



The author gave an interesting account of the mating and 

 nesting of a pair of these beautiful parrots, which he had received 

 when young from Queensland. He also gave some observations 



