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Vol. XVII.— No. 9. JANUARY 10, 1901. No. 205. 



FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB OF VICTORIA. 



The ordinary monthly meeting of the Club was held at the 

 Royal Society's Hall on Monday, ioth December, 1900. The 

 president, Mr. J. Shephard, occupied the chair, and about 60 

 members and visitors were present. 



REPORTS. 



The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following 

 donations to the library : — " Proceedings Royal Society of 

 Victoria," vol. xiii., part 1, from the Society; "Proceedings 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales," vol. xxv., part 1, from 

 the Society : " Journal of Mueller Botanic Society " (W.A.), vol. 

 i., parts 2, 3, and 6, from the Society; "Transactions of Royal 

 Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch)," vol. 

 xviii., part 1, from the Society ; " Records of the Geological 

 Survey of New South Wales," vol. vii., part 1, from the Depart- 

 ment of Mines, N.S.W. ; Queensland Agricultural Journal, 

 October and November, 1900, from the Department of Agri- 

 culture, Brisbane ; Nature Notes, August, September, and 

 October, from the Selborne Society, London; Knowledge, 

 July, August, and September from the Editor. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



On a ballot being taken, Mr. F. W. Scott, Richmond, and 

 Miss Stead, Prahran, were duly elected members of the Club. 



PAPERS READ. 



1. By Mr. R. Hall, entitled " On the Synonymy of Pachycephala 

 rufogularis, Gould, with P. gutturalis, Latham." 



The author gave his reasons for considering the former bird to 

 be the young stage of P. gutturalis, and exhibited a series of 

 skins in support of his opinion. 



Several members took part in the discussion which followed. 



2. By Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., entitled " Notes of a Visit 

 to the Riverina District, New South Wales." 



The author gave an account of a visit to Riverina in October 

 last, and described the nesting of different birds met with, such as 

 Avocets, Native Companions, Swans, Ducks, Harriers, &c. A 

 wonderful rookery of the Straw-necked Ibis was described, in 

 which it was estimated there were at least two hundred thousand 



