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YoL. Y.— No. 11. MARCH, 1889. No. 63. 



THE FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the club was held at the Royal Society's 

 Hall on Monday evening, nth February, 1889. 



The president, Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., B.Sc, occupied 

 the chair, and about seventy members were present. 



Baron F. von Mueller, K.C.M.G., introduced as visitors Dr. 

 Kirtikar, of Bombay, and Mr. Alex. Morton, of Hobart, who were 

 very cordially welcomed. The former, in acknowledging his 

 reception, mentioned the pleasure he had derived from the 

 inspection of the private collections of two or three of the 

 members, and expressed his willingness to do anything in his 

 power to promote exchanges with members of the Bombay 

 Natural History Society. Mr. Morton referred to the necessity to 

 professional scientists of amateur observers, and the advantages 

 to be derived from opening the museums on Sundays as in Sydney 

 and Hobart. 



The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 

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

 Canada," 1885, 1886, and 1887, from the Society; and "Journal 

 of Pharmacy," January, 1889. 



The hon. secretary reported that the excursion to Heidelberg 

 on Saturday, 19th January, had been fairly attended. Attention 

 was principally devoted to entomology, and some twelve species 

 of longicornes, together with a few species of other families, were 

 obtained. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. H. Pausey, Miss C. Taylor, Miss 

 J. Taylor, and Mr. S. Wylie were duly elected members of the 

 club. 



The meeting was then devoted to the reception of the report of 

 the party who recently spent nearly a month in easternmost part 

 of Gippsland. 



Professor W. Baldwin Spencer, B.A., read the report, which, 



