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Emu skins and Lyre-birds' tails, and asked if the Club was pre- 

 pared to take any action. 



The President said he believed the Prime Minister was making 

 inquiries into the export of the skins and feathers referred to. 

 Prosecutions would follow on the detection of the offenders. 



On the motion of Messrs. Gates and St. John it was resolved 

 "that the attention of the Customs Department be drawn to 

 the extract, and it be urged to take steps to prevent the traffic 

 in skins and feathers of native birds." 



Mr. G. Coghill read a letter from Mr. Fred Parsons, Lara, 

 wherein he urged the Club to use its influence to have the You 

 Yangs Reserve and the adjoining State Forest proclaimed a 

 sanctuary for birds. 



Speaking in support of the suggestion, Mr. CoghiU pointed out 

 the advisability of soliciting the co-operation of the Geelong 

 Field Naturalists' Club if tile authorities were to be approached 

 on the matter. 



Dr. T. S. Hall, M.A., said he would hke to see the place 

 reserved as a sanctuary, and moved " that an attempt be 

 made to have the State Forest at the You Yangs reserved for 

 bird life, and that the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club be 

 asked to co-operate." 



The motion was seconded by Mr. F. G. A Barnard, and 

 carried unanimously. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. F. Chapman, A.L.S.. entitled •• Notes on Tracks 

 made by a Common Gasteropod, Bitiium ccrilhiuui." 



The author stated that during a brief stay at Port Fairy in 

 November, 1912, a stretch of muddy sand, left bare by the 

 retreating tide, had been found by himself and Mr. C. J. 

 Gabriel to be covered with a network of shallow groves. 

 These on investigation were proved to have been made by a 

 small mollusc, Bittium cerithiiim, hundreds of which were noted 

 at work. He instanced this occurrence as jHobably throwing 

 some light on markings found in Palccozoic rocks in different 

 countries, and some of which have been described by geologists 

 as organic remains. 



Mr. C. J. Gabriel said the author had brought forward a 

 very interesting question. It was wonderful to see the tracks 

 made by the little Gasteropods, and that somewhat similar 

 tracks could be seen on the beach at Port Melbourne made by 

 other species of molluscs. 



2. By Messrs. F. G. A. Barnard and C. French, jun., 

 entitled " Notes of a Visit to Mount l^iper. near Broadford." 



The authors briefly recorded some ol tlic more interesting 

 plants and insects met with during a \'isit to Mount l^ipt-r. an 



