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characteristic species, particularly of the Proteacese, depend 

 entirely on birds, chiefly the Meliphagidse and the honey-eating 

 lories. The former birds are particularly confiding, a,nd so aie 

 easily destroyed; and the lories have always been considered fair 

 game, and also are very liable to be slaughtered because of their 

 gregarious habits. The consequence may be that, if these biids 

 die out, many of our endemic trees and plants will cease to pro- 

 duce seeds, and in time will become extinct. I would ask our 

 Members to become active propagators of the "Spare the Birds" 

 doctrine. 



In conclusion, I would like to express the wish, in which all 

 of us may join, that the Linnean Society of New South Wales 

 may continue to flourish, and do as good work in the future, as 

 it indubitably has in the past. 



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