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South Wales, Melbourne, was duly elected a member of the 

 Club. 



EXHIBITION OF WILD-FLOWERS. 



The chairman drew attention to the forthcoming annual 

 exhibition of wild-flowers to be held in the Melbourne Town 

 Hall on Tuesday, 30th September. It had been decided to 

 divide this year's profits between the Anzac House Fund and a 

 fund for publishing the common names of Victorian plants as 

 determined by the Plant Names Committee. Owing to pressure 

 of work Miss A. Fuller had been unable to again act as convener 

 of the ladies' committee to undertake the sale of flowers, &c., 

 and Mesdames Coghill and Edmondson had kindly consented to 

 act instead. Owing to the uncertainty of the season, he urged 

 members to use every effort to secure flowers from country 

 friends, and so ensure the success of the exhibition. 



EXCURSION LIST. 



Mr. E. Cox drew attention to the omission of pond-life from 

 the objects of the excursion to Cheltenham on Saturday, 23rd 

 inst. Mr. C. Daley, M.A., said that the Railway Department's 

 excursion to the Grampians would start on the 20th September, 

 not the 22nd, as printed in the list. 



REMARKS ON EXHIBITS. 



Mr. H. B. Williamson called attention to his exhibit of fossil 

 marine shells obtained from a bore at Croydon, near Adelaide, 

 South Australia, over 400 feet from the surface. They were of 

 great interest from the fact that the bed is of Upper Pliocene 

 age, and about 150 feet in thickness in that locality. 



PAPER. 



By Miss C. C. Currie, entitled " The Birds of a Gippsland 

 Garden." 



In the absence of Miss Currie, the paper was read by Mr. 

 F. G. A. Barnard. It gave an interesting account of the various 

 birds which visited from time to time a well-sheltered garden 

 situated in the Lardner district, about five miles south of 

 Drouin. Miss Currie's remarks caused considerable discussion. 



Mr. F. E. Wilson thought that there must be some mistake 

 about the Bell Miner being heard as far as three miles from the 

 main colony, as it was very unusual to find these birds more 

 than a few hundred yards from their nests. He also had never 

 heard of Mountain Thrushes partaking of a vegetable diet such 

 as acacia seeds, and suggested that they may have been searching 

 for insect life on the trees. 



Mr. C. Daley and Mr. J. A. Kershaw supported Mr. Wilson's 

 remarks about the Bell Miners. Mr. Kershaw said that he did 



