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colony, I find an entry that an old sailor and whaler, and a 

 close observer of nature, who was with me some years, once 

 informed me that he had seen a large colony of White Herons 

 (Egrets?) nesting in the mangroves south of the Gascoyne River. 

 Perhaps this may have some bearing on the subject of 

 " Galdens." — Yours truly, 



Broome Hill, VV.A., 19/2/07. TOM CARTER. 



South Australian Ornithological Association. 



Thf. bi-monthly meeting of the above association was held at the residence 

 of Dr. A. M. Morgan, Adelaide, on Friday evening, 25th January, 1907. 

 Mr. J. W. Mellor presided over a good attendance. In reference to the 

 reported destruction of Pelicans and other protected birds on the Coorong 

 by officials of the Fisheries Department, the sub-committee appointed at 

 the previous meetini; reported that full inquiries had been made. The com- 

 mittee was satisfied that no depredations had been committed. Inspector 

 M'lntosh, when interviewed, had shown himself to be in favour of bird 

 protection. Capt. S. A. White drew attention to the lateness of birds 

 breeding this season, and to the large numbers of common Teal about in all 

 swampy localities. It was thought that the remarkably mild weather and 

 copious rains in the interior in the spring were responsible for these facts. 

 Mr. J. W. Mellor reported having attended, in company with Capt. S. A. 

 White, the Australasian Ornithologists' Union Congress in Tasmania in 

 November of last year. Afterwards he had travelled extensively in the 

 interests of natural history through the interior of that .State, and had 

 visited many elevated situations to observe the bird life. Mr. A. H. C. 

 Zietz, F.L.S., graphically described a visit to the Big .Scrub, New South 

 Wales, in company with his son, Mr. F. R Zietz, last spring. They had 

 done remarkably ijood work in taking field notes and securing specimens 

 for the Adelaide Museum, some of which were much-needed species. Mr. 

 Zietz showed the Sanguineous Honey- eater {Myzomcla sanguinoleuta), Rose- 

 breasted Robin {Petrosca rosea), Orange-backed Wren {Malurus mela/io- 

 cephaliis) and the Variegated Wren {M . /awbefti). Caterpillar-eater 

 {Edfllh'sflnia fcnuirosfrc). Scaly-breasted Lorikeet {Trichflolossiis cltlojv- 

 Icpidotiis), Noisy Pitta {Ptita sircpitans), Russet tailed Ground-Thrush {Gco- 

 cichla hciuu), Drongo Shrike {Chibia brtxcicata\ and bright-plumaged 

 Fruit-Pigeons, viz., the Purple breasted {Mc^aloprcpia iwigmjica. White- 

 headed {Colu'iiba Ici/coinehi), and the Topknot-Pigeon {Lophohemns 

 nvtarctiais). Specimens collected by Dr. A Chenery in the locality of 

 Oodnadatta were exhibited, and the peculiar rusty colouration of the 

 feathers, corresponding with the aspect of the country, was noted. Dr. A. 

 M. Morgan displayed a number of birds' eg>js, including those of the Black- 

 capped Tree-runner {Sittclla pilcn/a) and Orange-winged Tree-runner (.V. 

 chrysoptcra). Mr. M. Symonds Clark tabled a conspicuous notice which is 

 being issued by the Government to assist in the protection of our useful 

 native birds, which the meeting thought was a step in the right direction. 



Notes and Notices. 



A Collection of Cuckoos' Eggs.— Mr. Sept. Robinson, 

 A.O.U., has now field notes on eggs of 68 species of foster- 

 parents of the various Australian Cuckoos observed with an egg 

 each, or sometimes two, of a Cuckoo. 



