THE 
Dictaorian Maturalist: 
Moreen INo: 1 MAY. 1885. 
THE FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB OF VICTORIA. 
Tue morthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal Society’s 
Hall, on Monday evening, 13th April, 1885. 
The president, Rev. J. J. Halley, occupied the chair, and about 
forty-five members and visitors were present. 
The hon. librarian reported the receipt of the following additions 
to the Club’s library :—“ Science Record,’ No..8; “ Report of 
Ballarat School of Mines,” 1883 ; ‘‘ Proceedings of Ornithological 
Society of Vienna ;” “Supplement to Victorian Oology,” Part 1, 
by A. J. Campbell. 
The hon. sec. read the report of the sub-committee appointed to 
re-consider the list of Victorian birds proposed to be protected. It 
recommended that the following birds be struck out of the proposed 
list :—Hawks, bee-eaters, crow shrikes (except magpie, at present 
protected), finches, bower-birds, orioles, wattle-birds, leather-heads, 
and parrots (except swamp or ground parrakeet.) On the motion 
of Mr. Gregory, the consideration of the report was postponed till 
next meeting, pending replies from other societies, &c. 
The hon. sec. read a short account of the excursion to Gipsy 
Village, Brighton, held on the previous Saturday, which had been 
well attended, and the members present were fairly successful in 
their finds. ‘The rare orchids, Hriochilus fimbriatus and Pterostylis 
apyhila, being obtained in bloom. 
The following ladies and gentlemen were elected members of the 
Club:—Mrs. Beal, Mis. C. W. Simson, Miss E. C. Simson, Messrs 
A. Campbell, J. P. Chirnside, R. A. Poole, and J. Russell, and 
Masters S. and D. Coghill, as junior members. Thirteen nomin- 
ations were received for next meeting. 
Messrs A. J. Campbell and J. E, Prince were elected to audit the 
accounts of the Club previous to the annual meeting. 
