THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB- 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
VOL. XI JANUARY, 1939 No. 1 
PROCEDINGS. 
EVENING MEETING, 18th July, 1938. — The Presi- 
dent, Dr. D. A. Herbert, occupied the chair, and 36 mem- 
bers were present. Miss Dabbs was elected a member 
of the Club. Mr. J. E. Young and Mr. C. T. White spoke 
of the botany of Moggill Scrub, one of the few remnants 
of rain-forest standing near Brisbane. A report on the 
birds seen at Moggill Scrub was given by the Hon. Sec- 
retary, Miss E. E. Baird. The chief business of the 
evening was the demonstration of a balopticon by Mr. 
Dockrey, representing the Watson Victor Company. 
Photographs and articles of natural history were shown 
through the balopticon by Dr. W. H. Bryan, Dr. D. A. 
Herbert, Dr. E. 0. Marks, Mr. C. T. White, Mr. S. T. 
Blake, Mr. J. E. Young and Mr. G. H. Barker. A selec- 
tion of ordinaiy lantern slides was shown by Mr. W. J. 
Sanderson. A vote of thanks to Mr. Dockery and the 
various exhibitors was carried unanimously. A grind- 
ing-stone found in an aboriginal kitchen-midden, Strad- 
broke Island, was shown by Mr. Ken Jackson. Mr. 
Jackson also tabled specimens of the rhizomes of the 
Bungwall Fern ( Blechnum serrulatum), an article of 
diet of the early aboriginals of Moreton Bay. 
EVENING MEETING, 15th August, 1938. — The 
President, Dr. D. A. Herbert, occupied the chair, and 37 
members were present, Mrs. N. McClymont, Miss D. K. 
Powell, B.Sc., Mr. J. S. Robertson and Dr. C. P. Led- 
ward were elected members of the Club. Reports on the 
botany of the excursion to Sunnybank were given by 
Mr. C. T. White and Mr. S. T. Blake. Dr. E. O. Marks 
called attention to a newspaper cutting regarding the 
killing of wallabies at Canaipa. He moved that the 
Under Secretary for Agriculture and Stock be written 
to and his attention drawn to the matter, as Stradbroke 
Island is a sanctuary for animals and birds. The main 
business of the evening was a lecture by the President, 
Dr. D. A. Herbert, on Ground Orchids. Exhibits were 
staged by: — (1) Mrs. Estelle Thomson, stereoscopic 
photographs of Victorian orchids taken by Mrs. Eaves, of 
Melbourne; (2) Pod of the Match-Box^ Bean ( Entada 
