New South Wales Naturalists’ Club. 
T HE N.S.W. NATURALISTS’ CLUB has been founded with a view 
of bringing together those who take an interest in the various 
branches of Natural History. Its objects are to give lovers of 
Natural History opportunities of meeting together to discuss the sub¬ 
jects in which they are mutually interested, and to give one another 
help and encouragement in the pursuit of their studies. Students will 
be encouraged to form Collections, and to investigate the Geographical 
Distribution and Life-Histories of Animals and Plants. Every possible 
assistance by advice and technical information will be given to Members 
in the pursuit of their studies, especially in the collection, preservation, 
and naming of Specimens. 
Meetings are held monthly, at which popular accounts are given of 
the Animals, Plants, and Rocks of the District; Specimens are exhibited, 
interesting observations noted; questions answered and discussion en¬ 
couraged. These Meetings afford Members the opportunity of becoming 
known to each other, and of finding out those interested in their special 
branch of Natural History, besides learning of other branches than 
their own. 
Monthly Excursions, under the guidance of special leaders, are also 
made to the best Collecting Grounds and most interesting spots around 
Sydney. As the County of Cumberland is remarkably rich in such 
localities, the Excursions, which take place on Saturdays and occasionally 
on Public Holidays, furnish excellent opportunities for the study of 
Zoology, Botany and Geology. At these Excursions, Members are shown 
the types of “ hunting ground,” which produce most and rarest Species, 
and it is hoped by these means that they will be encouraged to search 
out fresh Collecting Spots for themselves, for it is not anticipated 
that they will confine their Collecting Trips solely to the set Excursions 
of the Club. For the benefit of others, the material obtained at these 
Excursions is exhibited at the Meetings, when all can learn from the 
efforts of one Member. Sydney, both in its Marine and Entomological 
Fauna gives many opportunities for the discovery of new and rare 
Species ; and also in its wealth of Flowers, the Botanist will find great 
scope for employment. 
“Australian Butterflies,” by A. S. Olliff, Price One Shilling; and 
“ Plants Indigenous and Naturalised in the Neighbourhood of Sydney,” 
by Dr. Woolls, Price Eighteenpence, may be obtained from the 
Honorary Secretary at the Monthly Meeting, or by application by 
letter to Box 1216 G.P.O. 
