2 Field Naturalists' Club — Proceedings. f x'oi'^'xktx. 



A report of the excursion to l^lemiiigton Bridge on Saturday, 

 13th April, for geology, which was to have been led by Mr. 

 J . S. Kitson, but who, at too late a date to provide a substitute, 

 forwarded an apology for non-attendance owing to his being 

 required for military duty, was given by My. A. L. Scott, who 

 stated that a party of members visited the Royal Park railway 

 cutting, a favourite locality for geologists for years past, and 

 were delighted to find that, owing to the re-dressing of the 

 cutting by the Railway Department, new faces had been made 

 and geological exposures of greater stratigraphical value than 

 the old ones made evident. Mr. J. L. Robertson, M.A., said 

 that, while he regretted the absence of the promised leader, 

 it was due to Mr. Scott to say that he had proved himself a very 

 able and entertaining instructor on this as on other occasions. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken. Mr. Walter Zumstein. Wartook. was 

 duly elected as a country meml^er. 



[At this stage the president requested Mr. J. A. Kershaw, 

 F.E.S., one of the vice-presidents, to take his place, owing to 

 his having to attend an important meeting elsewhere.] 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, as the Club's representative on the 

 council of the National Parks Association, drew attention to 

 the visit to the You Yangs on Friday, i()th A})ril. in order to 

 be present at the unveiling of a memorial tal)let to the memory 

 of Flinders on Station Peak. 



Mr. J. Searle said that an excellent illustrated handbook of 

 the orchids of South Australia had been published by the 

 South Australian Education Department, which he thought 

 would be useful to local lovers of that group of plants. 



PAPER READ. 



By Mr. G. A. Keartland, entitled " Remarks on the Ouail 

 Season, igi2." 



The author ])refaced his remarks on the (juail by saying that 

 he had regarded his paper of last year as his last word, but 

 that criticisms which attempted to show that his opinions had 

 been founded on an abnormal season (iqii) made it necessary 

 for him, in response to the appeal of many fellow-members, 

 to comply by relating his e\i)eriences in the field during the 

 opening of the last season. He then proceeded to show that 

 1912 was even a worse year for the protection of (]uail than iqii 

 had been. His views were placed before the ("lub nol only as 

 those of a naturalist but also of a sportsman. 



In the discussion which followed, Mr. J. A. Leach hoped that 

 Mr. Keartland would persevere in his laudable effort to get 

 better conditions for native game, and said that the Club was 



