142 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. [Vol. XXIII. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Miss Leslie, 406 Collins-street, Mel- 

 bourne, Mr. W. J. Bateman, Continuation School, Melbourne, 

 Mr. C. F. Coles, 19 Carnarvon-street, Hawthorn, Mr. Jos. 

 Melloids, 18 Arthur-street, South Yarra, and Mr. Thos. A. 

 Edwards, Queen-street, Melbourne, were elected as ordinary 

 members ; Miss Doris Manton and Miss Ruby White, Alma-road, 

 East St. Kilda, Miss Kathleen Wilson, Heyington-place, Toorak, 

 and Master G. Mendelssohn Hall, 28 Harold-street, Middle Park, 

 as junior members of the Club. 



GENERAL BUSINESS. 



A letter was read from Mr. A. E. Kitson, F.G.S., resigning his 

 position on the committee in consequence of his having accepted 

 a position under the Imperial Institute to take charge of a 

 Mineral Exploration Expedition in Southern Nigeria, Africa. 



The president regretted that the Club would lose Mr. Kitson 

 as a working member, and he would also be a ' loss to the State 

 service, but he felt sure the change would result in Mr. Kitson's 

 advancement, and would give him greater opportunities for 

 distinguishing himself. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Professor A. J. Ewart, D.Sc, Ph.D., entitled "A 

 Physiologist of the Seventeenth Century." 



The author pointed out that the researches of Nehemiah Grew, 

 author of the " Anatomy of Plants " (London, 1682), had hardly 

 received the acknowledgment they should have from modern 

 writers, more especially as regards experimental and deductive 

 plant physiology, of which Grew was practically the founder, and 

 by quotations from his work showed how Grew had anticipated 

 many theories of comparatively recent origin. 



Some remarks relating to the paper were made by Mr. A. 

 D. Hardy, F.L.S., and the president. 



2. By Mr. A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., entitled " Description of a 

 New Species of Finch from Cape York, Queensland." 



[At the request of the author the paper has been withdrawn 

 from publication at present. — Ed. Vict. J^at.] 



3. By Dr. C. C. Simson, entitled " Across the Owen Stanley 

 Range, British New Guinea." Communicated by Mr. J. A. Ker- 

 shaw, F.E.S. 



The author gave an interesting account of a trip from Port 

 Moresby over the Owen Stanley Range to the Kokoda Station, in 

 the Northern Division of New Guinea. One of the main objects 

 of the trip was to obtain a collection of birds of paradise, a good 

 many species of which he collected during his journey. Included 

 among these were several rare species, such as Paradisomis 

 rudolphi, Epimachus nieyeri, Astrarchia stephanice, Drepatiornis 

 albertisi, and Parotia lawesi. The Orange-crested Bower bird 



