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The Campbell Oological Collection. 



Australian ornithologists will learn with great interest that Mr. 

 A. J. Campbell, Col. M.B.O.U., has presented to the National 

 Museum, Melbourne, his fine collection of birds' eggs, valued at 

 £600. He has set a splendid example to other owners of oological 

 collections. 



In the course of his letter to Prof. W. Baldwin Spencer, 

 Director of the Museum, Mr. Campbell said : — " It has been my 

 intention for many years to dedicate my Australian oological 

 collection to the National Museum, and the time appears opportune 

 now for me to hand the collection over, if the trustees of the 

 institution are prepared to receive it. The collection contains 

 the eggs of about 600 kinds of Australian birds, and my work, 

 ' Nests and Eggs of Austrahan Birds,' was principally built upon 

 the collection, the majority of the species having been collected 

 personally in various parts of the Commonwealth." 



Professor Spencer, in a letter to Mr. Campbell, wrote : — " I beg 

 to acknowledge your letter of 7th December, in which you 

 convey the information that you propose to donate your well- 

 known and very valuable collection of birds' eggs to the National 

 Museum. It is all the more valuable because it is so intimately 

 associated wdth your work on ' Nests and Eggs of Australian 

 Birds,' and will prove a notable addition to the national collection 

 of natural history. Your most generous offer will be gratefully 

 accepted by the trustees, before whom it will be laid at their 

 next meeting, when a formal acknowledgment will be made. 

 Meanwhile, I write to express our great appreciation of vour 

 gift." 



On 22nd December, 1915, members of the R.A.O.U. Council 

 and of the Bird Observers' Club viewed the collection at the 

 National Museum, and then adjourned to a tea room, where Mr. 

 Campbell, the host, and others made brief speeches. 



Roll of Honour. 



Members of the Union who answered the call of Empire in the 

 great war include the following: — Victoria. — J. Anderson, Dr. 

 J. W. Barrett, Lieut. -Col. H. W. Bryant, L. G. Chandler, Rev. 

 Walter Dexter, G. Finlay, Lieut. -Col. G. Home, A. M'Kenzie 

 Kirkwood (killed). Col. C. S. Ryan, A. M. Sulhvan, Lieut.-Col. J. 

 M. Semmens, M. Thompson, Surgeon -General W. D. C. Williams, 

 F. E. Wilson, H. W. Wilson, R. L. Walton. South AustraUa.— 

 R. Crompton. Tasmania. — A. W. Swindells. Western Australia. 

 — C. H. Van der Pfordten. 



