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YoL. VIII.— No. 10. FEBRUARY, 1892. No. 98. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The monthly meeting of the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria 

 was held in the Royal Society's Hall on Monday evening, iSth 

 January. Mr. C. Frost (one of the vice-presidents) was in the 

 chair, and there was an attendance of some So members and 

 friends. 



librarian's report. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Report of the Missouri Botanical 

 Garden," 1890, from Director; " Proceedings of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, Philadelphia," 1891, part i. ; "Journal of the 

 New York Microscopical Society," vii., 4, October, 189 1 ; 

 "Botanical Bulletin" No. 14 ("Contributions to Queensland 

 Flora," by F. M. Bailey, F.L.S.), Department of Agriculture,. 

 Brisbane ; " Botanical Reminiscences in British Guiana," by Dr. 

 R. Schomburgk ; " Proceedings Zoological and Acclimatization 

 Society of Victoria," vol. v., 1878 ; " Proceedings of the Linnean 

 Society, New South Wales," iv., 3 (three latter from Mr. F. G. A. 

 Barnard) ; " Transactions of the Royal Society of South 

 Australia," xiv., 2, from Society ; " Records of the Australian 

 Museum," i., 10, from Museum; "Quarterly Mining Reports," 

 September, 1891, from Mining Department; "List of Named 

 Insects in South Australian Museum," J. G. O. Tepper ; 

 " Proceedings Field Naturalists' Section of Royal Society of 

 South Australia," 1890-91, from Society. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



A ballot of new members took place, resulting in the election 

 of Messrs. F. Ellemor, H. Giles, Wm. Godfrey, jun., G. T. 

 Richardson, and F. W. Steel. 



PAPERS. 



Mr. G. A. Keartland read the first paper, which dealt with " The 

 Troubles of an Oologist " — troubles arising principally from the 

 difficulty of determining the species to which an egg belongs, from 

 the size, shape, and colour-markings, since variation in these par- 

 ticulars occurs, not only in specimens of the sarne species obtained 



