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Vol. v.] 1ST JANUARY, 1906. [Part 3. 



Australasian Ornithologists' Union. 



FIFTH (ADELAIDE) SESSION. 



This session was the best attended since the inception of the 

 A.O.U. Those present were :^ From Victoria — Dr. Geo. 

 Home, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Campbell, Miss Ellie Campbell, Miss 

 A. Dethridge, Messrs. Robt. Hall, C. F. Lad wig, A. Mattingley, 

 F. P. Godfrey, A. G. Campbell. J. A. Hill ; from New South 

 Wales — Dr. W. Macgillivray ; from Tasmania — Mrs. and Miss 

 Roberts ; from South Australia — Sir Samuel Way, Mr. and Mrs. 

 J. Mellor, Misses Mellor (2), Messrs. M. Symonds Clark, E. Ashby, 

 A. and F. R. Zietz, J. W. Mellor, P. Mellor, S. Mellor, R. 

 Crompton, T. E. Crompton, A. Crompton, R. Martin, Capt. S. 

 A. White, H. M. Smith, and H. Griffiths. 



The visiting members by the express train from Melbourne 

 were met at Adelaide on the morning of Wednesday, nth 

 October, by the president (Mr. F. R. Zietz) and representative 

 members of the South Australian Ornithological Association. 

 In the afternoon they were entertained at the Museum by 

 Messrs. A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S., and F. R. Zietz, who, in 

 welcoming them, trusted that their stay in Adelaide would be a 

 pleasant and profitable one. An inspection of the cabinet 

 specimens of native birds, in which were type specimens and 

 variations of species, was critically made by members of the 

 party, who were pleased with the arrangement of the various 

 families. The public collections in the show-cases were next 

 viewed, and numerous rare species pointed out by the Messrs. 

 Zietz, and the methodical manner of the mounting was favour- 

 ably commented upon. 



After viewing the bones of the extinct animal Diprolodon 

 australis surprise was expressed at the magnitude of these 

 old-time mammals that once roamed the plains of the continent. 



The opening meeting of the fifth session took place in the 

 Royal Society's room, Institute, North-terrace, in the evening, 

 when Mr. E. Ashby presided over a good attendance, and 

 welcomed the visitors from the other States. 



