2 Field Naturalists' Club— Proceedings. [v<J[ ict 'xxxv 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard called attention to his exhibit of a 

 globular, water-worn granite pebble extracted from the 

 glacial till during the Korkuperrimul Creek excursion, which, 

 he understood, was somewhat unusual in shape, and expressed 

 his intention of presenting the specimen to the National 

 Museum. 



PAPER READ. 



By Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S., entitled "The Characteristic 

 Vegetation of the Yarram District." 



The author dealt with the results of a botanical collecting 

 trip in the Yarram (South Gippsland) district last October, 

 when he was successful in finding a number of interesting plants 

 in bloom, including Kennedya rubicunda, Prostanthera rotundi- 

 folia, Fieldia australis, &c. He added some notes about the 

 early history of the district, which included the one-time busy 

 port, Port Albert. 



The chairman said that the author was to be congratulated 

 on the results of his trip, which indicated a good wild-flower 

 district. 



Mr. C. Daley, B.A., said that the reason of the original Port 

 Albert being abandoned was that, it being on Crown lands, the 

 occupiers were called upon to pay a yearly license fee, and 

 rather than do this they abandoned the site and bought free- 

 hold land at the site of the present 'Port Albert. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTE. 



Mr. J. L. Robertson, M.A., said that he had been given the 

 description of a strange fish, measuring over eleven feet long, 

 which had recently been washed up on the Elwood beach. He 

 hoped to have further details to place before the next meeting. 



Mr. J. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., said that from the description given 

 he was unable to connect it with any known species. 



EXHIBITS. 



By Mr. F. G. A. Barnard. — Round water-worn pebble of 

 granite, weighing ij lbs., extracted from the glacial till at 

 Korkuperrimul Creek, Bacchus Marsh ; fossiliferous rocks from 

 same locality, obtained at recent excursion ; also specimens 

 of rocks, volcanic ash, cinders, &c, from Colac district ; alga, 

 Entomorpha intestinalis, and shells, Cociella striatula, as thrown 

 up on shore of Lake Corangamite ; foliage and fruit of 

 Eucalyptus Behriana, F. v. M., Bull Mallee, from Anthony's 

 Cutting, near Bacchus Marsh. 



By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S. — Victorian Springtails, Lipura, 

 (?) sp., collected at Balwyn in garden drain after a storm, in 

 illustration of note. 



By Mr. A, D. Hardy, F.L.S. — Cladophora flavescens, a fresh- 



