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Vol. XXIX.— No. 6. OCTOBER iO, 1912. No. 346. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



Till': Di'dinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the 



Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 9th September, igi2. 



The president, Mr. J. A. Leach, M.Sc, occupied the chair, 



and ai)out qo members and visitors were present. 



KEPOKTS. 



A report ol" the excursion to the Australian Historical 

 Museum, Federal Parliament House, on Saturday. 17th August. 

 was given by the leader, Mr. E. A. Petherick, F.L.S., who said 

 that there was a good attendance of members, who evinced 

 great interest in the collection of old Australian books, &c., 

 more especially the works descriptive of the natural history of 

 Australia published early in the last century. The leader out- 

 lined his system of classification as applied to the bibliography 

 of Australia. 



A report of the excursion to Greensborough on Saturday, 

 24th August, was given by one of the leaders, Mr. G. A. Keart- 

 land, who stated that there was a fair attendance of members, 

 and on the whole a very interesting afternoon was spent amongst 

 the birds, though none of any great rarity was noted. The 

 botanical leader, Mr. J. W. Audas, forwarded a report stating 

 that the Silver Wattles, Acacia dealbata, were found to be in full 

 bloom, and well worth seeing, as also were their companions on 

 the ri\er banks, the climbers, Clematis microphyUa and Harden- 

 bergia monophylla. The usual spring flowers, such as 

 Angiiillaria {Wurmbea) dioica and Hypoxis glabella, Brachycome 

 cardiocarpa, B. grammincea, and Droseva Whittakeri, &c., were 

 fairly plentiful. The Gold-dust x\cacia, A. acinacea, was 

 in particularly good condition and greatly admired. .4 . diffusa 

 also afforded delightful bits of colour. 



A report of the excursion to Evelyn on Saturday, 31st August, 

 was given by the leader, Mr. G. Coghill, who said that, pro- 

 bably owing to the distance from town, only six members 

 attended, but the party had an enjoyable ramble, the Acacias 

 and other spring flowers being at their best. 



A report of junior excursion to Heidelberg on Saturday, 7th 

 September, was given by the leader, Mr. C. Stout, who 

 rej)orted a small attendance, owing to threatening weather : 

 the afternoon had been spent in studying the geology of the 

 district. 



liLIXTlOX OF MEMBliKS. 



On a ballot being taken. Master (r. Hromalow, State School. 

 Bentleigh, was duly elected as a junior member of the Club. 



