CDe Uktoriait natu ralist 



Vol. XXVI.— No. 1. MAY 6, 1909. No. 305. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



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

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 19th April, 1909. 



The president, Mr. G. A. Keartland, occupied the chair, and 

 about 75 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to Beveridge on Saturday, 13 th 

 March, was given by the leader, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, who 

 reported a good attendance of members. The extinct crater 

 known as Mt. Bland and Mt. Fraser had been visited, and the 

 members had been greatly interested in the volcanic features 

 it disclosed, while a number of interesting specimens of volcanic 

 action had been collected. 



A report of the excursion to Lilydale on Saturday, 27th 

 March, was submitted by the leader, Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S., 

 who stated that there had been a large attendance of members 

 and friends. Some time had been spent at the Cave Hill 

 limestone quarry, where the general features of the geology had 

 been studied and a number of fossils collected. Afterwards a 

 visit had been paid to a much worn down crater near the 

 Melbourne road, where there is a splendid exposure of volcanic 

 tuffs. 



A report of the junior excursion to the Clifton Hill quarry on 

 Saturday, 3rd April, was given by the leader, Mr. R. W. 

 Armitage, who took the place of Dr. Hall, who was unable to be 

 present. He reported a good attendance of juniors, who 

 evinced considerable interest in the geology of the quarry. Fine 

 specimens of arragonite and ferro-calcite were secured, but 

 zeolites were very scarce. A glance was afterwards given at the 

 general physiography of the district. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS, 



On a ballot being taken. Miss Gilbanks, Moonee Ponds, and 

 Miss Enid Ritchie, Hotham-street, Balaclava, were elected 

 ordinary members ; Mr. Edmund Jarvis, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Brisbane, as a country member ; and Master Donald 

 Bridges, Lansell-road, Toorak, and Master Edgar H. Neal, 

 Weybridge-street, Surrey Hills, as junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



The hon. secretary stated that during the Easter holidays he 



