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without intermission, until our jovial captain insisted upon his 
rowdy passengers leaving on the return journey. Before going 
very far we were hailed from out the jungle by our ornithologist 
friends, who were to be seen smiling over a well-filled game bag, 
the following specimens being secured:—Yellow Robin, Brush 
Wattle-Bird, Bearded Honeyeater, Black Throated Honeyeater, and 
others. Little of interest occurred during the trip down stream. 
Upon reaching the meeting-place, and packing the treasures 
gathered during the day, the roll-call was responded to. It was 
found that every member had diligently observed the various items 
of interest in his particular department, with a view to giving a 
detailed account at a future meeting of the Club. After bidding 
farewell to the kind friends at Auglesea, the party again embarked 
on the return, having had excellent weather, and, considering the 
distance from town, a good day's specimen hunting. 
FIELD NATURALISTS AND SCIENCE CLUB, 
Tux Annual Conversazione of the Gordon College Field Naturalists’ 
and Science Club, held on the 12th ult., was a splendid success, aud 
proved conclusively that the Club is a healthy branch of a flourishing 
institution. A really attractive display was made in the lecture- 
room of the College of the numerous collection of exhibits contri- 
buted by the members of the Olub, and a striking effect was gained 
by the decoration of the walls with a series of colored pictorial 
streamers descriptive of the people and customs of all lands. 
Among the rare curiosities shewn to the public as the results of the 
excursions of the Club members, were several cases of fossil shells, 
of different periods, found in the neighborhood of Waurn Ponds, at 
Fyansford, on the Moorabool River banks, Birregurra, and Spring 
Creek. The largest collections were shown by Mr. Mulder, who also 
loaned for the occasion some cases of beautiful specimens of recent 
shell gathered along the coast, and Mr. Ham, of South Geelong. 
Birds of every rank and species were en evidence, Australian ornith- 
ology being particularly well represented, and among those who 
assisted materially to make the show of birds an interesting and 
representative one were Messrs. W. Shaw, J. Hammerton, and J. F. 
Mulder. A number of well-arranged collections of beetles, butter- 
flies, and other insects were also shewn, and not the least interesting 
feature of the exhibition was the display of stones of peculiar for- 
mation and polish, as well as a case of precious stones exhibited by 
Mr. Hammerton. The Rev, J. S. H: Royce, the owner of the 
- pictorial decorations referred to above, assisted in making the show 
a complete one by his exhibits of native weapons and implements, 
and samples of native skill in cloth-weaving. The worlds of wonders 
revealed by the microscope proved uufailing attractions, six powerful 
instruments being available during the evening. "They were pro- 
