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Vol. IV.— No. 7. NOVEMBER, 1887. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall, on Monday evening, loth October, 1887. 



Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., LL.B., a vice-president, occupied the 

 chair, and, owing to the inclemency of the weather, only about 

 35 members and visitors were present. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library: — "British Fungi," Cooke, and 

 " British Fungi, Mosses, and Lichens," Holmes and Gray, froni 

 a friend; "Abstract of Papers read before Royal Society of 

 Tasmania," from the Society; "Journal of New York IMicro- 

 scopical Society," January and April, 1887, from the Society; 

 and " Journal of Pharmacy," September, 1887, from the Society. 



The hon. assistant-secretary read accounts by the leaders of 

 the excursions held since the last meeting, from which are 

 taken the following notes : — 



Croydon, 17th September. — Twelve members and friends, 

 including two ladies, attended, and were favoured with a very 

 fine day. One of the first finds of the day was a pretty little 

 fern, Grammitis leptophylla, growing under the shelter of some 

 up-rooted stumps. In this locality, also, a specimen of the 

 edible fungus, known as the Morell, Morchella sp., was found. 

 The next capture of any note was a land-crab, a creature which 

 is not often found out on the surface or the ground, except 

 after rain. The country was quite gay with various legumi- 

 naceous flowers so common at that time of the year. Few ferns 

 were noted, as the party did not approach any creek. About 

 six kinds of orchids were collected, Pterostylis loiigifolia being, 

 perhaps, the rarest. At least half a dozen species of acacias 

 were obtained in bloom, the district being a good locality for 

 the genus. After an enjoyable ramble of about five miles the 

 party again reached the station. During the afternoon about 

 forty species of birds were noticed by one of the party, who 

 devoted himself to ornithology. 



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