THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. ol 
by Mr. G. Coghill, orchids in bloom, Pterostylis precox, P. nutans 
and P. concinna; by Mr. A. Coles a very fine Ornithorhynchus 
tweuty-three inches long, also Victorian game birds; by Rev. A. W. 
Oresswell, fossils from Lilydale; by Mr. J. E. Dixon, older pliocene 
fossils from Cheltenham; by Mr. C. French F.L.S., exotic 
coleoptera, family Cetonide, orchids in illustration of paper, and 
cabbage moth in various stages; by Master C. French, fossils from 
Cheltenham; by Mr. J. H. Gatliff, Victorian shells, eighteen species 
of family Veneride; viz.. Rupellaria (3 sp.), Tapes (1), Venus 
(6), Oytherea (4), Meroe (1), and Dosinia (2); by Rev. J. J. 
Halley, specimens of limestone from the Great Pyramid; by 
Miss Halley, nests of weaver bird, India; by Masters Hill, 
Victorian lepidoptera; by Mr. H. W. Hunt, Victorian birds’ eggs; 
by Mr. H. Kennon sea-gulls (living) from Warrnambool; by 
Mr. W. Kershaw, Australian lepidoptera; by Mr. T. A. Forbes- 
Leith, eighty-four Victorian birds representing thirty families; by 
Mr. A. H. S. Lucas, M.A., Victorian Asteridg, and plants and 
shells from Wilson’s Promontory in illustration of paper; by Mr. 
D. McAlpine, frog in first stage of new process of dry preservation ; 
by Mr. F. Reader, plants from Studley Park, (Condfere to 
Amaryllide); by Mrs J. Simson, painting on cobwebfrom Innspruck, 
and picture in colored sand from Isle of Wight; by Miss Mary 
Simson, a flying mouse from Langi Kal Kal, Victoria; by Mr. 
A. Thie, English Ammonites; by Mr. H. Watts, a number of 
objects under the microscope. 
After the usual coversazione the meeting terminated. 
EXCURSION OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB. 
‘Tae last excursion prior to the annual meeting of this Club took 
place on Saturday, May 9th, under the leadership of Mr. C. French, 
the locality chosen being as stated in the annual report, Brighton, 
because of its convenience and correspondingly superior resources, 
which in the short autumnal days and the little time a+ the disposal 
of members leaving by the 2 p.m. train, is of great consideration. 
Briefly then, the members left Melbourne by the 2 p.m. train, and 
on its arrival at Brighton, it was found that uotwithstanding the 
threatening appearance of the weather, there was a fair attendance, 
including two lady members of the Club. To save time in walking, 
a conveyance was in readiness, and drove the party to within a few 
hundred yards of the Red Bluff Hotel, when a start was made 
inland. Plants in bloom were but few, although we soon came across 
a patch of damp, heathy country, in which grew quantities of the 
plants usually to be found in the district. Pterostylis aphylla, and 
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