54 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 
Rey. W. T. Whan, M.A., Messrs H. Andrews, I. Batey, W. Brook, 
John Dennant, C. Frost. M. Gamble, A. J. Hall, F. C Lange, G. 
Meyler, W. E. Pickles, F.R.M.S., R. N. Smith, and Wm. Taylor. 
Papers read:—1. Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., read the first part of 
a paper entitled “‘ A geological sketch of South-western Victoria,” 
contributed by Mr. J. Dennant, of Hamilton. This, after giving a 
geological description of the district, gave a detailed account of the 
older formations occuring between the Glenelg and Wando rivers, 
county of Dundas. 
2. The hon secretary read the first part of a popular paper on 
“The Habits of Native Birds,” contributed by Mr. Isaac Batey, of 
Sunbury. The writer’s observations respecting crows, which formed 
the subject of this part, created considerable discussion among those 
present. 
The following were the principal exhibits of the evening :—By 
Mr. E. Bage, three sp. of water spiders, shield shrimps, water beetles, 
and small entromostraca obtained at Cheltenham excursion, also 
Vorticella under the microscope; by Mr. F. G. A. Barnard, 
geological specimens from Buninyong; by Mr. A. W. Coles, 
collection of birds from Townsville, Queensland; by Rev. A. W. 
Cresswell, M.A., flowering stem of the larger grass-tree Xanthorrhea 
australis ; by Rev. J. J. Halley, cheap portable microscope stand, 
by Baker, of London; by Mr. I. J. Hughes, bird of paradise ; by 
Mr. H. Kennon, small pearl obtained from an oyster purchased in 
Melbourne, also human tecth found on beech at Stewart Island ; by 
Mr. T. A. Forbes-Leith, the American migratory thrush, Turdus 
migratorius, British song thrush, Turdus mustcus, American red- 
winged blackbird, Ageleus pheniceus, and British blackbird, Turdus 
merula, also feathers of the emu with double and triple shafts ; by 
Mr. J. McKibbon, orchids in bloom, Péerostylis curta, P. pedunculata, 
P. nutans, also an apparently hybrid species of Péerostylis, four 
species of lizards, with double and triple tails; by Mr. F. Reader, 
fungi Polyporus borealis, Fr., new to Australia, and P. 
ochroleucus, Berk, P. tardus, Berk., and Didymiwm farinaceum 
hitherto unrecorded for Victoria; by Mr. G. Rose, fossils from 
Cheltenham. 
After the usual conversazione the meeting terminated. 
TO WILSON’S PROMONTORY OVERLAND. 
By J. B. Grueaory, M.A., anp A. H. 8. Lucas, M.A. 
Pant: 
Tus track now for abouta mile skirted a grassy flat which was bordered 
on our left by a swamp covered with tall tree scrub, and on our 
