XV V. 53' ,^4 /1J(>--i2 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST, VOL. XXXIII., 1916-17. .^,*3■ LIBRARV NEW srb»K BO fAOTGAi; TliE CARDCN Victorian Naturalist; THE JOURNAL & MAGAZINE OP THE f^U latuplbb' flttft of fclona. 'Tox. 35::sxiii. MAY, 1916, TO APRII, 1917, IbOJl JEOitOr : MR. F. Q. A. BARNARD. The Author of each Article is responsible for the facts and opinions recorded. /ns e I b 0 u r n e : WALKER, MAY i CO., PRINTERS, MACKILLOP STREET (off 390 LITTLE COLLINS STREET). 1917. THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. MAY, 1916, to APRIL, 1917. CONTENTS. Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria: — pa(.v. Annual Report ----- - 30 Exhibition of Wild-Flowers - . . 95, 143 Honour Eoll - - - - - . 49, 184 Proceedings 1, 17, 29, 49, 65, 77, 89, 105, 125, 145, 151, 173 Reports of Excursions - - 4, 5, 66, 81, 89, 94, 148 ORIGINAL PAPERS. AuDAS, J. W., F.L.S. — A Botanist in the Portland District - 160 Daley, C, F.L.S. — Alpine Gippsland - - - 98 Davey, H. W., F.E.S.— Upsetting the Balance of Nature - 151 Keartland, G. a. — Bird Life on Eraser Island, Gippsland Lakes - - - - - - 42 Nethercote. Miss G., and Johnson, Miss M. — Notes on a Trip from Walhalla to Baw Baw - - - 83 O'DONOGHUE, J. G.— Rambles in Raak (with plate) - - 7, 19 Pitcher, F., and Stickland, J.— An October Week at Marysville 52 Shaw, E., M.R.C.S., F.E.S.— Australian Blattida?. Part II. - 86 Shephard, J. — A Visit to Great Lake, Tasmania - - 70 Sutton, C. S., M.B., B.S.— A Sketch of the Keilor Plains Flora (with maps) - - - -112,128 St. John, P. R. H. — On the Growth of Eucalyptus uiminalis, F. V. M. - - - - - - 155 VI INDEX. INDEX. PAGE Acacias, various - - - 81 Acaciu discolor - . . 50 Acacia lepmsu - . . I4(i Alpine Gippslaiid - - OS Altona Bay, Excursion to - 1.57 Animal Protpction in New Zealand - - - 64 Audas, J. W. — Botanist in Portland District 1'2(), 1(50 Austral Avian Record - - 47 Australian Forest League - (54 Balance of Nature, Upset- ting - 91, 151, 170, 17!' Barnard, F. G. A. — Dr. Neu- meyer's Journeys in Victoria, 1859-1S64 - 158 Bays water, Excursion to - 81 Bee-Keeping in Victoria - (52 Beetles, Buprestid - - 172 Berwick Quarry, Excursion to 4 Bird Life on'Fraser Island 18. 42 Bird Notes - - - 155 Birds at Mournpoul - - 17 Bitter Pit in Apples - - 183 Blackfish - 91. l.')l, 17o, 172 Blackwood, Fossil - - 76 Blattidii', Australian - 78, 86 Bhie Wrens - - - 154 Botanic Gardens, Excursion to - - - - 158 Buffalo Eocking Stone - 17 BulMog, An English - - 75 Buprestid Beetles - - 172 Burnley Quarries, Excursion to - - - - 176 Butterfly Notes - - - 126 Callistenion lanreolatiis - 80 ('asuarivu './iiadrivalvis - ,'i8 "Census of New South Wales Plants" - - 180 Cheltenham, Excursion to - 94 Cockatoo, Excursion to - 77 Cockroaches, New Australian 78, 86 Coiniadai-Lerderderg, Ex- cursion to - - - 105 Coiniadai-Parwan, Excur- sion to - - - 5 ('mnespermu roluhilr (pink) - 9;{ Croydon-Belgrave. Exclu- sion to - - - 14S Cuckoo, The Flinders - - 146 PAOK Cuckoos - - - - 110 Cyathea ('unninghumi - - 38 Daley, C, F.L.S., Alpine Gippsland - - 66, 98 Dandenong Ranges, Excur- sion to ... 148 Davey, H. W., F.E.S., Up- setting the Balance of Nature 91, 151, 170, 182 Dendrites - - - . 107 Digger's Rest, Excursion to Eel, Serpent . - _ Eucalpytus in Bloom - Encalyjttiis rostrntu Eucalyptus, Seedling - Eucalyptus viminulis, Growth of - - . 126, Extinct Animals Fairy Rings - _ _ Fern, New Victorian - Field Naturalists' Club of Vic toria — Annual Report Excursions — Altona Bay - - - Bayswater - _ - Berwick Quarry - Botanical Gardens Burnley Quarries - Cheltenham - - . Cockatoo - - _ Coimadai-Paiwan Coiniadai-Lerderderg - Croydon-Belgrave Dandenong Ranges Eiiierald Nurseries Frankston - - - Hurst's Bridce 89 90 39 78 50 155 63 111 127 29 Lainiching Place 157 81 4 158 175 94 77 5 105 148 145 106 29 65 157 105 5 89 Lerderderg-Coimadai - Parwan-Coimadai You Yangs - - - Exhibition of Wild-Flowers 90, 95, 143 Financial Statement Honour Roll - - 49, Office-bearers, 1 91(5-1 7 Proceedings, 1, 17. 29, 49, 77, S9, 105,125, 145, 151, Floods, The September Flora of Keilor Plains 79, 112, 35 184 •>i 65, 173 88 128 INDEX. Vll PAUK Fossil Blackwood - - 76 Fossil Leaves - - - 1, 3 Frankston, Excursion to - '29 Fraser Island, Bird Life on 18, 42 Uall, A Curious - - - 38 Gippsland, Alpine - - 98 Gippsland Goldfields - - 41 Olyceria dices - - - 146 Graptolites . - . 107 Great Lake, Tasmania 2, 70 Guada Bean - - - 1 Hall Memorial Fund - - 62 Harvey, J. H. — Holiday Trip to Jenolan Caves - - 50 Honour Roll - - 49, 184 Honours - - - - 47 Hurst's Bridge, Excursion to 65 Insects, Chapters on - - 16 lachnoptera hrunneonigra - 87 Jenolan Caves, Holiday at - 50 Johnson, Miss M. T., and Nethercote, Miss G.— Walhalla to Baw Baw - 83 Keartland, G. A., Bird Life on Fraser Island - 18, 42 Keilor Plains, Flora of 79, 112, 128 Kenyon, A. S., Notes on Victorian Mallee - - 107 Kite, Black-shouldered - 40 Land Shells, Victorian - 39 Launching Place, Excursion to _ - - - 157 Lerderderg-Coimadai, Ex- cursion to - - - 105 Maiden, J, H., I.S.O. - 47 Mallee, Notes on - - 107 Maps, Military Survey - 143 Marysville, October Day at 18, 52 Mice Plague - - - 183 Modelling Clay - - - 78 Mournpoul, Birds at - - 17 National Museum - - 75 Nature, Upsetting Balance of 91, 151, 170, 179 Nethercote, Miss G. , and Johnson, Miss M. T.— Walhalla to Baw Baw - 83 Neumeyer's Journeys in Vic- toria - - - - 158 New Zealand, Animal Pro- tection in - - - 64 Nobelius'sNursery, Emerald, Excursion to - - 106 Nummulites - - - 1 PAGE O'Donoghue, J. G. , Eambles in Raak - - 7, 19 O'Donoghue, The late J. G. 175 (Jphisiinis serpens - - 90 Orchids, Structure of - - 92 Orchids, Victorian 38, 41, 90, 107, 111, 127 "Our Wattles" - - - 123 Park near Bur wood - - 145 Parwan-Coimadai, Excursion to - - _ - 5 Pest Destructor, A - - 124 Petherick, E. A., C.M.G. - 47 Pitcher, F., and Stickland, J. — October Days at Marysville - - 18, 52 Plant Names, Victorian - 75 Pond and its Inhabitants, The - - - - 146 Portland District, Botany of 126, 160 'Possums - - - - 47 Prasophyllum Dixoni - - 38 Prickly Pear - - - 183 Pterosti/lis refl.cxa - - 38 Raak, Rambles in - 7, 19 Ramsay, The late Dr. E. P. - 127 50 17 73 29 Recorders Rocking Stone - - _ Rotifer, A New - - - Royal Park, Excursion to - Searle, J. , The Pond &nd its Inhabitants Sharman,P., B.Sc, Structure of Australian Orchids - Shaw, E., F.E.S., Australian Blattidpe - - 78 Shephard, J., Visit to Great Lake, Tas. - - 2 Slugs and Snails - Spencer, Sir W. Baldwin, K.C.M.G. - Spider, A Hermit Stickland, J., and Pitcher, F., October Days at Marysville - - 18 St. John, P. R. H., On Growth of Eucalyptus viminalis - - 126, 155 Sutton, C. S., Sketch of the Flora of the Keilor Plains - 79, 112, 128 The Gum Tree - - - 181 Thelymitra jyitucijlora - - 107 " The World of Little Lives "16 146 92 , 86 , 70 156 47 182 52 vni INDEX. PAGE Topp, C. A., M.A., Some Impressions of the Flora of South- Western Aus- tralia - - - - 17;i Tree-planting - - - 64 Trichvmanes parvdum - 127 Utricnlaria flexuosa - - 1 oS Victorian Land Shells - 39 Walhalla to Baw-Baw - 83 PAGE War Loan and F.N.C. 46, 49, 69 Watth -bird. Brush - - 17 Wild-Flowers, Exhibition of 90, 95, 143 Wilson's Promontory, National Park - - - 40, 144 Wood's Point District, The - 180 Wood-Swallows - - - 40 You Yangs, Excursion to - 89 ILLUSTRATIONS. Basalt Flows West of Melbourne, Map of Keilor Plains, Locality Map - - - Mound of Mallee-Fowl, Opening PAGK 113 132 25 CORRECTIONS. Page 92, line 4 — Insert " maiine " before " fish." Page 93, line 23— For " Mayiie " read " WuyK." Page 94, lines 9 and 5 from bottom — For '' Enlimnudia'' read " Eulimnadia." Page 94, line 5 from bottom — For " Li/ncciis '' read " Lynceus.'" Page 94, last line — For " Chyrououus " read " Chironomus." ^((•inaiitaiiiniii •iiiainai