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isolated hill between Kilniore and Broadford. Within the 

 railway enclosure near Kilniore East they met with large 

 numbers of a little hooded orchid, Pterostylis cyanocephala, 

 Fitzgerald, which, howes'er, is probably only a variety of 

 P. niutica. 



3. By Mr. J. W. Audas, F.L.S., entitled "One of Nature's 

 Wonderlands — the Victorian Grampians." 



The author, in a most interesting and instructive paper, de- 

 tailed the various trips he had made, l)oth to well-known places 

 and to others seldom visited, during a ten-days' stay in the 

 (irampians, mentioning the principal liowers and shrubs to be 

 found in each locality, and drawing particular attention to the 

 magnificent scenery of these, to a certain extent, unknown 

 mountains. 



-Mr, G. Coghill complimented the author on the graphic 

 nature of his paper, and said the (Grampians are all Mr. Audas 

 had represented. 



Mr. F. Pitcher said that though several papers dealing with 

 the Grampians had been read before the Club, no one had 

 given a better description of the mountains and their wonderful 

 flora. He had visited the mountains just after Mr. Audas, but 

 unfoitunately bad weather had prevented him from seeing 

 many of the beauty spots. 



Mr. W. F. (iates suggested that the committee should con- 

 sider the advisability of a -'camp-out" at the Grampians 

 when framing the ne.xt excursion list. 



Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley agreed with the author as to the 

 desirability of substituting more euphonious names for such 

 ])iaces known as "The Devil's Gap" and "Hell's Gates." 



The chairman congratulated the author on the interesting 

 way in which he had descriluxl the (irampians, and expressed 

 his l)elief that they quite equalled the Blue Mountains of New 

 South Wales, both in scenery and vegetation. 



NATURAL HISTORY NOTES. 



Mr. 1'. 1\. H. St. John said that whilst journeying along Lvell's 

 Crei'k, near l-Jacchus Marsh, on 7th December, he noticed a large 

 numi)er of nests of the Fairy Martin situated beneath a ledge of 

 rock in a cliff- face beside the stream. Investigation proved the 

 greater proportion of the nests to contain sparrows' eggs or 

 young birds. It would be interesting to know if the sinirrows 

 threw out the Martins' eggs or young when taking jjossession of 

 the nests. He asked if any member of the Club had noted tlie 

 use of swallows' nests by sparrows. 



Mr. (' . French mentioned ha\'ing observed a similar comlitidn 

 of things in another locality. 



The President observed that records were not wanting in 



