ctorian naturalist 



Vol. XXL— No. 12. APRIL 6, 1905. No. 256. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 13th March, 1905. 



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

 85 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Wilismere, Kew, on Saturday, 25th 

 February, was read by the leader, Mr. W. Stickland, who stated 

 that the excursion was well attended, but the pools were not in 

 the best of condition for pond life work. Only the ordinary 

 rotifers were found, but two somewhat unusual Protozoa were noted 

 — viz., Distigma proteus, Kent, and Diffiugia acuminata^ Ehr. 

 As usual in autumn at Wilismere, Desmids were numerous, and 

 among them was Calocylindrus ttvrgidus, which seems to be very 

 abundant everywhere this year, while a few filaments of that 

 extremely pretty species, Onychonema nordstedtiana, were 

 observed. A few botanical specimens of no great interest were 

 also collected. 



A report of the excursion to the Burnley quarry on Saturday, 

 nth March, was read by the leader, Mr. F. M. Chapman, A.L.S., 

 who reported a good attendance and an enjoyable afternoon. 

 A number of interesting minerals were obtained from cavities in 

 in the basalt, and portions of a tree trunk found under go feet of 

 basalt were secured by the members. 



A report of the excursion for juniors to Fisherman's Bend, Port 

 Melbourne, on Saturday, ist March, was given by the leader, 

 Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., who reported a very large attendance, over 

 one hundred being present, including about forty-five pupils from 

 the recently established Continuation School. The afternoon 

 was devoted principally to the examination of some of the 

 common objects of natural history usually to be found on the 

 Port Melbourne beach, which afforded material for short chats to 

 the young students. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library: — "The Tasmanian Flora," by L. 

 Rodway (purchased) ; " Proceedings Royal Society of Victoria," 

 vol. xvii., part 2, 1905, from the Society; "Journal of Royal 

 Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch) for 1904," 

 from the Society ; " Australian Museum, Sydney, Annual Report, 

 1904," from the Trustees ; Agricultural Gazette, N.S.W., vol. xvi., 

 part 3, March, 1905, from the Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney ; 

 " Forest Flora of New South Wales," vol. ii., part 4, by J. H. 



