CDe Uktorlan Haturallsi 



Vol. XXV.— No. 2. JUNE 4, 1908. No. 294. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth May, 1908. 



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

 about 75 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the Easter excursion to Stony Point, Western Port, 

 which extended from Friday, 17th, to Monday, 20th April, was 

 read by the leader, Mr. J. Gabriel, who gave an interesting 

 account of the trip. The research work was confined chiefly 

 to dredging, the results of which were most gratifying. In molluscs 

 alone 220 species were taken, including a number of very rare 

 species, examples of which were exhibited at the meeting. Many 

 interesting species of bryozoa, hydrozoa, and Crustacea were also 

 taken. A good deal of time was to some extent lost owing to 

 unfavourable weather, but, notwithstanding this, the trip proved 

 a most enjoyable one. 



A report of the excursion to Maribyrnong on Saturday, 9th 

 May, was given by the leader, Mr. R. W. Armitage, who stated 

 that eighteen members attended, and spent an instructive after- 

 noon examining the geological features of the locality, which 

 consist chiefly of the older and newer basalts, with some tertiary 

 sandstones. 



A report of the junior excursion to Kilby Lagoon, East Kew, 

 held on Saturday, 2nd May, was submittted by the leader, Mr. J. 

 A. Leach, M.Sc, Fifty-three junior members and their friends 

 and four adult members attended. The object of the excursion 

 was water action, interesting examples of which are well shown 

 in this locality. These were pointed out and explained in an 

 interesting way by the leader. Various objects of interest 

 encountered on the way were also noted, and served to occupy 

 the attention of the party during the rather long walk of two 

 miles from the tram terminus. The occurrence of the Nardoo 

 plant, Marsilea quadri/olia, in the fruiting stage, was particularly 

 interesting, and excited much attention. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Memoirs of the National Museum, 

 Melbourne, No. 2 : a Monograph of Silurian Bivalved MoUusca 

 of Victoria," by F. Chapman, A.L.S., F.R.M.S., Palaeontologist^ 

 from the Trustees ; Journal of Agriculture of Victoria, April and 

 May, 1908, from the Secretary for Agriculture, Melbourne;, 



