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Annual Session, R.A. O.U. 



The fifteenth annual session of the Royal Australasian Orni- 

 thologists' Union will be held at Brisbane on the 12th and 13th 

 October, 1915, and will be followed by a working camp-out. 



PROGRAMME. 



TUESDAY, i2th OCTOBER- 

 MORNING : General Business. 

 Afternoon : Presidential Address. 



Evening: Public Lecture — "Australian Ornithology," by 

 Dr. J. A. Leach, Col. Mem. B.O.U. 

 " Island Bird-Life," by Mr. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S. 



WEDNESDAY, 13th OCTOBER— 



Morning : Election of Office-Bearers, &c. 

 Afternoon : Visit to Natural History Museum. 

 Evening : Leave for Whitsunday Passage, via Gladstone, for 

 the Camp- out. 



This programme may be subject to alterations, owing to local 

 conditions. 



Dates of departure for Brisbane are : — Adelaide. 8th October ; 

 Melbourne, 9th October ; Sydney, loth October. 



CAMP-OUT. 



It is proposed to form two camps — one on the mainland, where 

 native fauna is abundant, and a crocodile may occasionally be 

 seen ; and another on one of the outside islands in Whitsunday 

 Passage, where coal reefs may be examined, and sea birds studied 

 in their rookeries. The camps will extend over about ten days. 



Members who intend taking part in the camp-out are asked to 

 communicate with the hon. secretary as soon as possible. 



