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THE ORGAN OF THE FIELD NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND ITS BRANCHES 
Voi.. 1. May 81, 1912. No. 10. 
PR()CEEDIN(fS. 
EVENING MEETING, i7th APRIL, 1911. 
Chainnan : H. Tryon. Attendance, 15. 
Obituary : The President referred to the death of the 
late Philip MacMahon, who was one of the foundation 
members of the Club, and he spoke in eulogistic terms 
of the attainments of the deceased gentleman. A vote of 
sympathy with Mrs. MacMahon in her bereavement was 
passed. 
Members elected ; Mrs. A. Howe, Miss M. Hattray 
and J. F. Moran. 
Reports : On Excursion to One Tree Hill — r(a) Ento- 
mology, by H, Tryon ; (d) Pond Life, by W. R. Colledge ; 
(c) Botany, by C. White. 
Notes ; “ On the Dragoon Bird,” by R. Tllidge {vide. 
Transactions, p. 221). 
Exhibits : By H. Tryon — -Insects from One Tree Hill ; 
a collection of ' wooden pestles and mortars from New 
Guinea, used by the natives for pounding the betel nut. By 
Mrs. T. Pattinson — ^Insect galls from One Tree Hill. By 
E. Jarvis — -specimens, from One Tree Hill, illustrating 
ihe life-history of Eitrycu cressida. By R. Illidge — • 
Dragoon Bird {Pitta strepitans) in illustration of paper. 
By S. B. J. Skertchly — -Minute flints made by Ute Indians 
of Colorado and used to shoot small birds in order to obtain 
^cithers for decorative purposes. By W. R. Colledge — 
Pupae of Euplosa corinnu and Charaxes sempronius. By 
Cyiil White — -Fungi from the North Coast Line. 
