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By Mr. C. French, jun. — Four aboriginal head-plumes, from 

 Daly River, Northern Territory. 



By Mr. C. J. Gabriel. — A rare Victorian mollusc, Coralliojyhila 

 ruhrococcinea, Melv. and Standen, taken alive off rocks at Point 

 Lonsdale. This shell has also been recorded from Persian Gulf 

 and South Africa. Lioconcha castrensis, Linn., from Philippines ; 

 Callista eryciua, L., from Ceylon; and C. aurantiaca, Sow., from 

 California. 



By Mr. A. D. Hardy. — A monoecious example of Casuarma 

 (]?is(f2/^« collected at Sandringham excursion, 12th September, 1908, 

 showing staminate and pistillate flowers and fruits. 



By Mr. J. T. Hamilton. — Wild flowers from United States. 



By Miss M. Lazarus. — Fossil tooth-shell and whalebone, from 

 Grange Creek, Hamilton. 



By Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S.— A giant earthworm 

 from Poowong, Gippsland, measuring 8 feet 6 inches in length. 



After the usual conversazione the. meeting terminated. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB CONVERSAZIONE. 



The sixteenth conversazione of the Field Naturalists' Club of 

 Victoria was held in the Masonic Hall, Collins-street, Melbourne, 

 on Tuesday and Wednesday, 22nd and 23rd September, 1908. 



For the first time in the history of the Club a meeting was 

 attended by vice-royalty. His Excellency Sir Thomas Gibson- 

 Carmichael and Lady Carmichael being present. A basket of 

 wild flowers, arranged by Mrs. Coghill, was presented to Lady 

 Carmichael on her arrival by Miss Sylvia Leach, a junior member 

 of the Club. 



The president, Mr. G. A. Keartland, briefly referred to the prin- 

 cipal aim of the Club, which, he said, was to spread a knowledge 

 of the fauna and flora of the State. For many years this had been 

 neglected, but, mainly through the energy of the Club, the matter 

 had eventually been brought under the notice of the Education 

 Department, and the subject now formed an important item in 

 the curriculum of our State schools. Greater results were looked 

 for in the future than in the past, in view of the fact that the 

 present rising generation had better opportunities of learning than 

 their elders had enjoyed. The Club, therefore, confidently hoped 

 that as time went on its exhibitions would grow in magnitude 

 and interest year by year. The progress already made was 

 satisfactory, seeing that it now required such a room as the 

 Masonic Hall to adequately display the members' collections. 

 He then asked His Excellency to declare the exhibition open. 



Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael said it gave him great pleasure 

 indeed to comply with the request. Not having seen one of the 

 Club's exhibitions before, he could not, of course, say whether this one 

 was better or worse than usual, but it struck him as he walked up 



