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Vol. XVIIL— No. 5. SEPTEMBER 5, 1901. No. 213. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 12th August, 1901. 

 The president, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., occupied the chair, and 

 about 45 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the Club excursion to Mitcham, on Saturday, 

 13th July, was given by Mr. J. A. Kershaw, in the absence of 

 the leader, Mr. G. Coghill. The beautiful weather was no doubt 

 partly responsible for attracting a more than usual number of 

 members and friends to spend an afternoon among the heath. 

 Both the pink and the white Epacris was very plentiful, and 

 members freely availed themselves of the opportunity to gather 

 some of the best specimens, although the visit was found to be a 

 little late for the best blooms. A few of the early orchids were 

 noticed in flower, besides a number of the commoner wild flowers 

 usually met with in this district. The locality would, no doubt, 

 be well worth a visit a month or two later. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Proceedings Royal Society of Vic- 

 toria," vol. xiv., part i, from the Society ; " Records of the 

 Australian Museum," vol. iv.. No. 3, also, "Nests and Eggs of 

 Birds found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania," part i, by 

 A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., Ornithologist, Australian Museum, Sydney, 

 from the Trustees, Australian Museum ; Queetisland Agricultural 

 Journal, July, 1901, from the Department of Agriculture, Brisbane ; 

 Nature Notes, June and July, 1901, from Selborne Society, 

 London ; Knoioledge, July, 1901, and Science Gossip, July, 1901, 

 from the proprietors ; " Annual Report of Smithsonian Institution, 

 1898," from the Institution ; '' Proceedings Boston Society of 

 Natural History," parts 9-14, from the Society ; " Transactions 

 of the Nova Scotia Institute," vol. x., from the Institute ; and 

 " Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy, 1899," from the 

 Academy. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. E. O. Thiele, Workingmen's 

 College, and Mr. J. S. Tarrant, Alexander-street, Balaclava, were 

 duly elected members of the Club. 



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