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some of the well-known shrubs from the more elevated parts of 

 the State. 



The Chairman said that while it was very desirable to have a 

 series of Victorian plants in cultivation close to the city for the 

 benefit of visitors and students, he preferred to see an area set 

 aside, such as the National Park, where the plants could be seen 

 in their natural associations. 



3. By Mr. A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., entitled "Notes on the Nest 

 and Eggs of Amytis macrurus, Gould." 



[Owing to the lateness of the hour, this paper was taken as 

 read.] 



The author stated that he had recently received for description 

 three sets of the eggs of the Large-tailed Grass-Wren, Amytis 

 macrurus, Gld., obtained by Mr. C. G. Gibson, near Kalgoorlie, 

 Western Australia. The bird is a rare one, and its nest had not 

 hitherto been figured. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. R. W. Armitage called attention to his exhibit of a piece 

 of basalt from the Clifton Hill quarry, enclosing a piece of 

 charred wood, which was thus strictly a fossil in an igneous rock. 



Mr. E. B. Nicholls called attention to the photographs 

 exhibited of the nest of a Podargus, taken at Black Rock. 



Mr. J. Stickland mentioned that when at Warburton recently 

 he measured a frond of Lomaria discolor 5 feet 9 inches in length. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. R. W. Armitage. — A piece of basalt enclosing a piece 

 of charred wood, from Clifton Hill quarry. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Pot-grown specimen of Lomaria 

 Paterso7ii, from Falls Creek, Upper Yarra. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy, F.L.S. — Abnormal fronds of Lomaria 

 discolor. 



By Mr. G. A. Keatland. — Specimen of the Brush-tailed Phasco- 

 gale, thascogale peviicil/ata, from Seymour. 



By Mr. A. J. North, CM. Z.S.— Photograph of nest and eggs 

 of Amytis tnacrurus, in illustration of paper. 



By Mr. J. G. O'Donoghue. — Fossiliferous limestone from 

 Moorabool Valley, between Maude and Lethbridge ; Rhyllite, 

 from Mount Lofty, South Australia. 



By Mr. F. Pitcher. — " Boee Wan," or Native Bread fungus, 

 Mylitta australis, found at Warburton, Christmas, 1909 ; photo- 

 graphs of scenes in the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, also flowers 

 of Frostanthera lasiantha, Bauera rubioides, Banksia serrata, 

 Tristania laurina, and Bursaria Pantoni, grown in Botanic 

 Gardens, in illustration of paper. 



By Mr. C. L. Plumridge. — Pot-grown specimen of fern, 

 Lomaria discolor, var. bipinnatiflda. 



