Cbe Uictorian Haturalisi 



Vol. XXIIL— No. 2. JUNE 7, 1906. No. 270 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held in the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, 14th May, 1906. 



The president, Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, occupied the chair, and 

 about 70 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



A report of the excursion to the Zoological Gardens on 

 Saturday, 28th April, was given by Mr. F. Pitcher, who acted as 

 leader in the absence of the Director, Mr. D. Le Souef, 

 C.M.Z.S. Owing to the somewhat threatening weather, the 

 attendance was not large. However, a very enjoyable afternoon 

 was spent in viewing the mammals and birds. 



A report of the junior excursion to the Burnley quarries on 

 Saturday, 5th May, was given by the leader, Mr. F. Chapman, 

 A.L.S., who reported that about 40 juniors attended. Before 

 making a descent into the quarry, he made a few remarks upon 

 the nature and structure of basalt and the probable origin of 

 that under observation. Later some fine specimens of columnar 

 basalt in an old quarry near the river were examined with great 

 interest. Owing to the recent rains, the floor of the quarry (the 

 original land surface) was not accessible. 



A report of the excursion to Broadmeadows on Saturday, 12th 

 May, was given by the leader, Mr. T. S. Hall, M.A., who said 

 that there was a good attendance of members, who evinced con- 

 siderable interest in the variety of geological features revealed 

 during the ramble. An exceedingly fine view was obtained from 

 Gellibrand's Hill, a granite outcrop about two miles north of the 

 township. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Bulletin of the Geological Survey of 

 Victoria," No. 18, from the Mining Department, Melbourne; 

 Journal of Agriculture of Victoria, vol. iv., part 4, April, 1906, 

 from the Secretary for Agriculture, Melbourne; Geelong Naturalist, 

 No. 31, March, 1906, from the Geelong Field Naturalists' Club ; 

 " Proceedings Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. xxx., 

 part 4, and Supplement, from the society ; Agricultural Gazette 

 of New South Wales, vol. xvii., part 5, May, 1906, from the 

 Secretary for Agriculture, Sydney; Nature Notes, April, 1906, 

 from the Selborne Society, London ; Annual Report for 1904, 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, from the institute; "Bulletin 

 American Museum of Natural History," vol. xxi., 1905, and 



