10 president's address. 



the front with reinforcements, as sergeant. After some time 

 spent at Sahsbury Plains, his regiment was sent to France, where 

 he took part in several engagements. His last contribution to 

 science, "Description of Aphantophvyne^d, new Batrachian Genus 

 from New Guinea," and his only one to our Proceedings, ap- 

 peared in the volume for 1916. Ten other papers dealing with 

 reptiles or amphibia wei-e published in the Records of the Aus- 

 tralian Museum (1912-13), in the Memoirs of the Queensland 

 Museum (1913), in the Records of the Australian Museum (1913- 

 14), and in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 

 (1915). 



Dr. Thomas P. Lucas, one of our Senior Members, elected in 

 1861, died in Brisbane on November 15th, 1917, in his 75th 

 year. He came out to Australia in 1876; and after practising 

 his profession in Melbourne for ten years, he removed to the 

 warmer climate of Brisbane, where he continued to practise up 

 to the time of his last illness. He was especially interested in 

 Lepidoptera, an enthusiastic collector, and the possessor of a very 

 fine collection. 



Alfred John North, another Senior Member, elected in 1886, 

 died on May 6th, 1917, aged 61. He came to Sydney from 

 Melbourne in 1886, and became associated with the Australian 

 Museum, as x\ssistant in the Zoological Department, to under- 

 take the preparation of a "Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests 

 and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania" 

 (Catalogue No. 12) which was published in 1889. In 1891 he 

 was appointed Assistant in Ornithology. He was the author of 

 numerous papers published in the Records of the Australian 

 Museum, and other Journals, including the Society's Proceedings. 

 But his most important contribution to ornithology was Special 

 Catalogue No. 1 of the Australian Museum, being a second and 

 much enlarged, well-illustrated edition of Catalogue No, 12, 

 entitled "Nests and Eggs of Birds found breeding in Australia 

 and Tasmania," in four quarto volumes (1901-14). Mr. North 

 was a keen observer of bird-life as well as a voluminous writer; 

 and he frequently exhibited specimens of interest at our Meet- 

 ings over a long period. 



