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lOicttirxan ^aturali^t 



Vol. IV.— l^To. 10. FEBRUARY, 1888. I^o. 50. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, 12th December, 1887. 



The president, Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, occupied the 

 chair, and about seventy-five members and visitors were present. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following dona- 

 tions to the library :— " Iconography of the Acacias of Austra- 

 lasia," decades 2, 3, and 4, from the Government ; '* Proceedings 

 of the Linnean Society of New South Wales," second series. Vol. 

 II., part 3, from the society ; " A Descriptive Catalogue of the 

 Medusae of the Australian Seas," by Dr. R. von Lendenfeld, 

 from the Australian Museum, Sydney; "Transactions of the 

 Edinburgh Geological Society," from the society ; " Journal of 

 Pharmacy," November, 1887 ; and "Journal of Comparative 

 Medicine and Surgery (New York)," from the editor. 



The following persons were duly elected members of the 

 Club:— Master P.^ V. Bevan, Mr. M. K. Dahle, Mr. F. N. 

 Ingamells, and Dr. Lewellin. 



There were no papers down on the notice paper for the 

 evening, the meeting being devoted to the reception of reports 

 from the members of the recent expedition to King Island, 

 which were as follows : — 



1. Mr. A. J. Campbell, as leader of the party, read the official 

 report of the trip, giving particulars of the sub-parties organised, 

 and the routes taken by them, etc., which were demonstrated on 

 a large map of the island, presented by Mr. J. J. Shillinglaw, 

 F.R.G.S. 



2. Mr. D. Le Souef read a list of the mammals, reptiles, and 

 fish observed by the several parties, with short notes of interesting 

 points 



3. Mr. A. J. Campbell contributed a list of the birds and 

 birds' eggs, noted or taken, and read some notes on the more 

 striking species. 



4. Baron F. von. Mueller, K.C.M.G., contributed a list of the 

 plants collected by the members of the party. 



5. Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, B.A., briefly summarised the 

 scientific results of the expedition as tending to show that King 



