THE 
Pictovian Baturalist: 
— 
Wor, Th. No. 10. FEBRUARY 1886. No. 26. 
THE FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB OF VICTORIA. 
Tur monthly meeting of the Club was held at the Royal Society’s 
Hall, on Monday evening, 18th January, 1886. 
Mr. T. A. Forbes-Leith, vice-president, occupied the chair, and 
about fifty members and visitors were present. 
The hon. librarian acknowledged the receipt of the following 
donation to the library:—‘‘ Proceedings of the Linnean Society of 
New South Wales,” Vol. X., Part 8, from the Society. 
The hon. secretary read a short account by Mr. C. French, F.L.S. 
of the Club excursion to Cheltenham on the 16th inst. The day 
was yery oppressive, and only about ten members were present. The 
principal plants noted in flower were Cakile maritima, Lobelia anceps, 
Alyxia buaifolia, and the orchid, Dipodiwm punctatum.' Insects 
were scarce, but the beautiful buprestid, Cyria imperialis, also 
Stigmodera sanguinipennis, S. variabilis, and S. sp. were taken. 
The following were elected members of the Club:—Mrs. J. 
Stirling, Messrs Pickerling and St. John Topp, and Mast. Geo. 
French. 
Mr. F. Reader forwarded a note respecting the paper on Fungi 
by Mr. Tisdall, published in the January Naturalist. He made the 
following criticisms on Mr. Tisdall’s paper, (1) That the spores of 
Fungi are not always oval or round, but present considerable differ- 
ences in form, (2) That it is undesirable to apply the same term 
“family” to such unequal groups as the Sporifere and Polyporei, 
and (3) That the term “ pericarp” should be excluded from crypto- 
gamic descriptions. 
Papers read:—The hon. secretary read for Mr. I. Batey of 
Sunbury, the second part of his paper, ‘‘ Notes on the Habits of 
our Native Birds.” This part was devoted to cockatoos and 
magpies, and the writer’s account of these birds, caused some 
discussion, with some interesting remarks from Rev. C. M. Yelland. 
