THE 
PBictorian Maturalist: 
Vou. II., No. 8. DECEMBER 1885. No. 24 
THE FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB OF VICTORIA 
‘Tue monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal Society’s 
Hall, on Wednesday evening, 11th November, 1885. 
The president, the Rey. J. J. Halley, occupied the chair, and 
about sixty members and visitors were present. 
The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 
donations to the library :— 
“‘Prodromus of Zoology of Victoria,” Decade XI., from the 
‘Government; “The Australasian Scientific Magazine,” No. 3, from 
Mr. J. Stirling, F.L.S.; “ Proceedings of the Royal Society of 
South Australia,” for 1884, from the Society. 
The president read a descriptive account of the excursion to Lal 
Lal on the 9th inst, and on the motion of Messrs Wing and Topp, 
it was unanimously decided to forward a letter of thanks to the 
Ballarat Field Club, for their hospitality on the occasion. 
The following persons were elected members of the Club:—Miss © 
Lewellin, Dr. Cox, Messrs. J. A. Gibbs. R. W. Hooke, F. A. Keating, 
Wm. Scott, and Masters A. and C. Yelland. 
Papers read:—1. By Mr. A. W. Coles, “Notes of a Collector’s 
Trip to North Queensland.” The writer gave an interesting account 
of a recent collecting tour in tropical Queensland, principally in the 
vicinity of Cardwell. The paper was well illustrated with specimens, 
about 100 species of birds having been taken during the trip. “ 
2. Mr. C. A. Topp, M.A., read a paper by Mr. H. T. Tisdall, 
F.L.S., Walhalla, “ Notes on the Fungi of Mt. Baw Baw,” part IT. 
This portion dealt principally with the larger species of the genera 
Polyporus, Mylitia, and Boletus, and fine specimens and drawings 
of the different species were exhibited. 
The following were the principal exhibits of the evening:—By 
Mr. F. G, A. Barnard, a lizard from Lake Learmonth; by Mr. A. 
