98 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



5. White-winged Petrel (^G^strellata leucoptera) ; 6. Australian 

 Tippet Grebe {Podiceps Australis); 7. Straw -necked Ibis {Carphibis 

 spinicoUis.) 



The principal exhibits of the evening were — By Mr. F. G. A. 

 Barnard, orchid in bloom, Caladenia suaveolens, found near 

 Melbourne, also botanical specimens from Pyramid Hill ; by Mr. A. 

 Borthwick, 20 species of Victorian birds recently shot at Olinda 

 Creek ; by Mr. A. J. Campbell, a clutch of five kestrel's eggs, taken 

 from a deserted crow's nest ; by Mr. G. Coghill. ten species of 

 orchids in bloom, including Pterostylis muiica, F. rufa, Frasophyllum 

 fuscum, P. patens, and Ccdocldlus campestris ; also copper-headed 

 snake {Hoplocep)halus superhus); by Mr A. W. Coles, pair of 

 collared wanderer quail, from Werribee ; by Rev. A. W. Cresswell, 

 miocene tertiary fossils, from Bairnsdale, (Hinnites Corioensis and 

 Clypeaster Gippslandicus): by Mr. P. Dattari, orchids in bloom, 

 Gcdadenia Pater soni, and C. Menziesii ; by Mr. C. French, orcliids 

 in illustration of his paper, also 10 species of venomous snakes from 

 Queensland, viz., Diemenia oh'vacea, D. psammopjJiis, Hoplocep>lialus 

 nigrescens, H. paUidiceps, H. signatus, Hydrophis elegans, Enhydrina 

 Bengalensis, Cacophis Harriettce, Pelamis bicolor, Petrodymon 

 cucuUatimi ; by T. A. Forbes-Leith, mounted specimens of Keivi 

 (^Apteryx Mantelli) from JSew Zealand ; by Mr. J. H. Gatliff, 8 

 species of Tunicata ; by Mr. R. Hall, curious growth of barnacles ; 

 by Miss Hood, botanical and geological specimens from Western 

 Queensland ; by Mr. H. Kennon, fossils, etc. ; by Mr. A. Lukey, 

 Victorian birds ; by Baron F. von Mueller, a Queensland pitcher- 

 plant, (Dischidia Timorensis); by Mr. F. M. Reader, mounted 

 Victorian fungi, representing the tribes Aganctni, Polyporeiy 

 Auricularini, and Trichogastes ; by Mr. J. F. Roberts, exotic 

 orchid in bloom, — Trichopilia suavis from South America, and 

 Dendrobium macrantkum from Manilla ; by Mrs. R. Simson, 

 Queensland plants ; by Mr. T. Worcester, two specimens of the 

 Hammer-headed oyster, (Malleus vulgaris) from West Australia. 



After the usual conversazione the meetina; terminated. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB EXCURSION TO 



FRANK STON. 



By Messrs. C. French anb D. Best. 



(Read before the Field jSTaturalists' Club of Victoria, August, 188-t) 



Of the many excursions made by members of the Field 

 Naturalists' Club, that of Tuesday, the 1st day of July last (which 



