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Vol. v.— No. 3. JULY, 1888. No. 55. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal 

 Society's Hall on Monday evening, nth June, i888. 



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

 and about sixty members and visitors were present. 



A letter was read from the Zoological Society supporting the 

 Club's suggestion to endeavour to have the platypus protected, 

 and mentioning from ist August to 31st December as a suitable 

 close season. 



A circular was read from the Australasian Association for the 

 Advancement of Science announcing the alteration of the 

 inaugural meeting to 28th August. 



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

 tions to the library : — " Bees," by Bagster ; " The Microscope," 

 by Hon. Mrs. Ward ; " Taxidermists' Manual," by Captain 

 Brown ; " British Birds' Eggs," by Atkinson ; " Taxiderm}'," 

 by Mrs. Lee ; and " Natural History of Birds, etc.," by Tiler, 

 from Mr. Hugh Kennon ; " Proceedings of Linnean Society of 

 New South Wales" second series, Vol. III., part i, from the 

 Society; "Journal of New York Microscopical Society," April, 

 1888, from the Society; " Melbourne University Review," Vol. 

 IV., No. I ; and "Journal of Pharmacy," May, 1888. 



The hon. secretary read an account of the Club excursion to 

 Frankston on Queen's Birthday (24.th May.) The outing did not 

 prove so successful as had been anticipated, as the day turned 

 out showery, and made the scrub so wet that a thorough 

 exploration of it was impossible. The party went as far as the 

 Mount Eliza ridge, on the Hastings road ; then, turning south- 

 ward and westward, made across the hills to Frankston again. 

 Though early in the season, some twenty-five species of plants 

 were obtained in bloom, among which may be mentioned 

 Pimelia octophylla. Aster ramidosus, Patersojiia glauca, Melaleuca 

 sqiiarrosa, Prasophylltim intricatum, etc. The Epacris was in 

 splendid bloom, of all shades, from pure white to deep crimson. 



