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Vol. v.— No. 2. JU:NE, 1888. I^o. 54. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, gth April, i888. 



In the absence of the president and vice-presidents, Prof. W. 

 Baldwin Spencer, B.A., was voted to the chair, and about fifty- 

 five members and visitors were present. 



A letter was read from the Christ's College Natural History 

 Society, Hobart, desiring to open correspondence and make 

 exchanges with the members. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Proceedings of Linnean Society of 

 New South Wales," second series, Vol. II., part 4, from the 

 Society ; " Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South 

 Wales," Vol. XXL, part 3, from the Society ; " History of 

 New Sperm Whale" (reprint), from trustees of Australian 

 Museum, Sydney ; "The Trochidae of South Australia," part i, 

 by Jno. Brazier, C.M.Z.S., and other conchological papers 

 ' from the author; " Report on Liver Fluke," by A. P. Thomas, 

 M.A., 1882, from Dr. Springthorpe ; and "Journal of Pharmacy," 

 March, 1888. 



The hon. secretary reported that a party of the members had 

 visited the National Museum on Saturday afternoon, 17th 

 March, and had spent an interesting afternoon. 



On a ballot being taken, Messrs. T. C. Alston, H. Massey 

 Bindon, T. H. Campbell, and G. Lyell, jun., were duly elected 

 mem.bers of the Club. 



Attention was drawn to the great destruction of the platypus 

 in various parts of the colony, and it was decided to communi- 

 cate with the Zoological Society as to the desirability of bring- 

 ing the matter under the notice of the Government. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Miss F. M. Campbell, entitled "Notes of a Trip to 

 Cabbage-tree Creek, East Gippsland." This was an interesting 

 description of a visit to the only spot in Victoria where the 

 cabbage palm is found, and its most southerly habitat in 

 Australia. The journey was through almost inaccessible 

 country, and the vegetation was almost of a tropical country. 



2. By Mr. A. W. Howitt, F.G.S., "Notes on the Geographi- 

 cal Distribution of Eucalypts." The author briefly noted the 

 various species of eucalyptus seen when travelling on the 

 various roads in the district between Morwell and Bairnsdale, 

 and Walhalla and Stockyard Creek. 



