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Vol. III.— :N'o. 9. JANUARY, 1887. No. 37. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OB' VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening. 13th December, 1886. 



The president, the Rev. J. J. Halley, occupied the chair, and 

 about fifty members and visitors were present. 



A circular from Prof. Liversidge, Sydney, was read, reporting 

 the result of the recent Conference for the formation of the 

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. 



Baron F. von Mueller, K C M.G., forwarded a communication 

 bringing under the notice of the members the desirability of 

 organising excursions to the Cann River district, East Gipps- 

 land, and King's Island, the fauna and flora of which are at 

 present almost unknown. 



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

 tions to the library : — " List of Algae from Port Phillip Heads 

 and Western Port," by Mr. J. Bracebridge Wilson, M.A., from 

 the author ; " The Genera of the Plumulariidse, and Notes on 

 Australian Hydroids," by Mr. W. M. Bale, F.R.M.S., from the 

 author ; " A Floral Chart for the Examination of Flowering 

 Plants," by Rev. T. V. Atkin, Campbelltown, N.S.W., from the 

 author; " Prodromus of Zoology of Victoria," Decade XIII., 

 from the Government ; " Proceedings of the Linnean Society of 

 New South Wales," second series, Vol. I., part 3. from the 

 society ; " Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South 

 Wales," Vol. XIX , 1885, from the society ; " Journal of the New 

 York Microscopical Society," July, 1886, from the society; 

 "Journal of Pharmacy," November, 1886, from the society. 



The hon. secretary reported the results of the excursions 

 recently made to Cheltenham and Wandong, when, unfortunatel)', 

 no specimens of particular interest were found. 



The following; were elected members of the Club : — Miss 

 Smith. Messrs. J. H. Davies, M A., S. Morres, T. Tidy, jua, and 

 H Wrixon. 



