THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 109 



FIELD I7ATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Rojal Society's 

 Hall, Melbom-ne, on Monday evening, November 17th, 1884. 



The President, Rev. J. J. Halley, occupied the chair, and about 

 fifty members and visitors were pres-"^ut. 



The hon. sec. reported that the Club excursion to Oliuda Creek 

 on Prince of Wales Birthday, liad been well .nttendcd, that many 

 interesting specimens had been obtained, and that a short account 

 of the trip would be published in the "Naturalist," 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of a valuable donation 

 of books from Mr. Hugh Kennon 



The following gentlemen were elected members of tlie Cluli :— 

 Rev, W. W. Mant<41, Dr. A. Morrison, Messrs. J. T. Gillespie, 

 E. C. Haviland, C. -lesse, G. P. Morison, E. Purton, and S. Wills. 



A paper for a futuie meeting was promised by Mr. A J. Camp- 

 bell, on " Mallee Hens and their Egg Mounds." 



The hon. secretary mentioned that a Itill for restricting the use 

 of swivel guns was before Parliament, and suggested that some 

 steps be taken to 'support it. It was decided to bring the matter 

 before several members of Parliament, and also to present a petition 

 in its favor. 



Papers read — 1. Messrs. French and Best contributed a very 

 interesting paper entitled "A trip to Mulwala, Upper Murray, 

 ]Sr S.W." This fully described the fauna and flora seen by them 

 during a three days visit to that locality. From the very large 

 number of specimens shown, among which may be noticed a very 

 fine iguana, and a large number of dried plants, it was evident they 

 had not been idle during their holiday, 



2. Dr. Lucas read the concluding part of his paper, " Notes of a 

 trip to Fiji," in which he described the natural history of the Rewa 

 River and Levoni Valley. 



The principal exhibits of the evening were — By Mr. E. Bage, 

 leaf insects, and a horned trunk or cow-fish (Ostracion cornutus), 

 from Fiji ; by Mr. A. J. Campbell, helmeted honey-eater {Ptilotis 

 cassidix) with nest and eggs, taken at Olinda Creek ; by Mr. G. 

 Coghill, coleoptera, and orchids ( GhiloqlottisOunnii and Calochilus 

 campestrif ), from Lilydale ; by Mr. J. E. Dixon, seven species of 

 birds, also botanical specimens, from Lilydale, and nest of trap-door 

 spider from Queensland ; by Mr. C. French, a fine exhibit of the 

 fauna and flora of Mulwala, N.S.W., in illustration of his paper ; by 

 Master French, two native axe-heads from Drouin ; by Mr. J. H. 

 Gatliff, mollusca of genus Natica, also Q^g capsules of ComineMa 

 from St. Kilda beach ; by Mr. W. Hatton, head of black-eyed 

 albatross (mounted) ; by Master Hill, natural history specimens ; 

 by Mr, T. A Forbes-Leith, forty species of American birds ; by 



