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age, and in the ]iriine of life. He \\a> ajutninted a student- 

 apprentice at the Adelaide .Museum ow March 6th, 1891, and 

 promoted to the position of museum assistant on July 1st, 1897. 

 In June, 1919, owing to his studious habits and attention to 

 careful discipline, he had gained such a wide and varied know- 

 ledge of our native Australian birds, and those of other parts 

 of the world, that he was api)ointed to the office of Ornitholo- 

 gist — a ])osition that he held until his death. Under his careful 

 supervision and ])ers()nal attention, the bird and egg collections 

 advanced wonderfully. Mr. Zietz was also an ardent field 

 worker, and collected for various i)arts. He was able to assist 

 greatly all those interested in ornithology by giving advice, and 

 by being able to i)lace his hand on any specmien needed for com- 

 parison and on names needed in working out the life-histories 

 of the various species, liotli in his otificial and ])ri\^ate work 

 nothing was ever too much trouble when assisting the ornitho- 

 logical movement. 



Mr. Ziet/c was a foundation member of the South Australian 

 Ornithological Association, and also a member of the Royal Aus- 

 tralasian Ornithologists' Union for a number of years. In these 

 bodies, especially the former, his death will be keenly felt, as 

 he was a hard and continuous worker, and had been for a long 

 time on the editorial committee of the South Australian Orni- 

 tJioIo(/ist — the official organ of the local association. He was 

 also a member of the Royal Society, and to all of those societies 

 he from time to time contributed valuable papers. During re- 

 cent years he had taken up the study of the Australian lizards, 

 and had compiled a catalogue of these for the Adelaide Museum. 

 Both in the study of this branch of natural history and that of 

 ornithology and oology, Mr. Zietz showed marked ability, doubt- 

 less inherited from his father, who was a wonderfully keen and 

 authentic naturalist. 



Mr. Zietz leaves a wife and one son as well as a mother to 

 mourn their loss ; his father had only recently passed away. 



At a meeting of the South Australian Ornithological Associa- 

 tion, held on April 28, feeling reference was made to the death 

 of Mr. F. R. Zietz, and eulogistic remarks were passed upon 

 his ability and life work. The members present stood in silence 

 for a ^liort time as a token of respect in which he was held. 



WILLIAM O'MEARA, R.A.O.U 



William O'Meara died suddenly at his office, Park Street, 

 Parkville, on Tuesday, April 10th, 1922. Mr. O'Meara was one 

 of the pioneer builders of Kalgoorlie, and was also a well-known 

 Melbourne contractor. His total deafness from early youth 

 made him cpiiet and reticent, but to those who knew him he was 

 an exceptionally well-read man. He retired from active busi- 



