Cbe Uictorlan Hdturalist 



Vol. XXL— No. 10. FEBRUARY 9, 1905. No. 254. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, i6th January, 1905. 



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

 75 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Beaumaris on Saturday, 17th 

 December, was given by the leader, Mr. O. A. Sayce, who 

 remarked that comparatively little was known even of the 

 common forms of life inhabiting Port Phillip Bay. He pointed 

 out that Beaumaris offered excellent opportunities to the student 

 of marine life, and said that the afternoon had been mainly 

 devoted to elementary remarks on some of the specimens met 

 with. 



A detailed account of the extended excursion to Apollo Bay, 

 Otway Peninsula, from Saturday, 24th December, to 2nd January, 

 was given by Mr. A. D. Hardy, one of the leaders. The report 

 dealt generally with the main features of the district, and was 

 illustrated with a fine series of about forty lantern slides, which 

 gave a graphic representation of the magnificent forest scenery 

 met with. A large number of dried and mounted plants, together 

 with other specimens, were exhibited in illustration of the report. 



The Chairman congratulated the members of the party on the 

 results of the trip, and the excellence of the botanical exhibits. 



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

 tions to the library : — " Memoirs of the Geological Survey of 

 Victoria," vol. i., part 3, from the Department of Mines, Mel- 

 bourne ; " Records of the Geological Survey of New South 

 Wales," vol. iii., part 4, from Department of Mines, Sydney ; 

 Agrictdtiiral Gazette of New South Wales, January, 1905, from 

 the Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney ; Geelong Naturalist, vol. i.. 

 No. 3, from Geelong Field Naturalists' Club ; Natthre Notes, 

 December, 1904, from the Selborne Society, London. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot bemg taken, Mr. H. VV. Jeffrey, 21 Nicholson - 

 street, Abbotsford, and Mr. Chas. Preston, 44 Albert-street, Kew, 

 were elected as ordinary members ; Mr. David H. Wilcox, 

 Ivanhoe, as an associate ; and Misses A. Bage, J. Bage, H. 

 Wilson, Masters G. Preston and S. G. Johnson ; also, from State 

 school 2901, Moonee Ponds, Ethel Birkenhead, Ettie Edwards, 

 Muriel Evans, Jessie Ison, H. Basford, V. Faulke, and J. Sweat- 

 man as junior members of the Club. 



