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Obituary Notice. 



Mr. Kendall Broadbent died on the i6th January last at his 

 residence, Stoneleigh-street, Albion, at the age of y^ years. Mr. 

 Broadbent was born in Yorkshire, England, in 1837. He arrived 

 in Victoria some 58 years ago, and was first engaged with his 

 father in contracting work. Relinquishing this, however, Mr. 

 Broadbent turned his attention to ornithology, and he was recog- 

 nized as an authority on the Australian avifauna. For the last 30 

 years he had been attached to the Queensland Museum staff as 

 collector and taxidermist. He visited New Guinea as a member 

 of the Stone expedition about 38 years ago, contracting fever, 

 which i)ractically never left him. On one occasion he suffered 

 shipwreck near Hinchinbrook Island, suffering severe privations. 

 The Queensland Museum has lost a tried and trusty friend, a 

 naturalist of no mean order, and one who will be sorely missed 

 and difficult to replace. Out of respect to his memory the institu- 

 tion was closed on the day of the funeral. Mr. C. W. De Vis, 

 the former Curator, writes : — " It would be difficult to find Mr. 

 Broadbent's superior, even at 60 years of age. He had every 

 qualification for the work, was only happy in exercising it ; he was 

 thoroughly honourable and intensely loyal to his friends. I miss 

 him very much, and shall always hold his memory in deep respect 

 and with affection." 



Members of the R.A.O.U. who ^•isited Brislxme during the 

 annual session last year will recollect Mr. Broadbent's kind and 

 courteous bearing when showing the \'isitors through and ex- 

 plaining the ornithological collections. They little guessed that 

 was to be the last function of the" kind he would attend. 



The late veteran collector has traversed the whole of Eastern 

 Australia and Tasmania, besides making several visits to New 

 Guinea. His principal trips and the dates thereof are : — Portland 

 Bay (1858), Gippsland (1862), Brisbane Scrubs (1864), Darling 

 Downs (1865), Cardwell and Maria Expedition to New (iuinea 

 (1873), Cape York, Gulf of Carpentaria, and New Guinea (1874-5), 

 Cairns and New Guinea (1878-9), Tasmania and South Australia 

 (1879-80), five trips to Cardwell (between 1880 and 1889)*, 

 Charleville (1883), Cape York and Gulf of Carpentaria (1883-4), 

 Barcaldine and Central Oueensland (1887), and Bellendcn-Ker 

 Range (1889). 



South Australian Ornithological Association. 



The annual meeting of the above-mentioned Association was held at 

 the rooms of Dr. R. H. Pullcine, Adelaide, on the evening of 31 si 

 March, Captain S. A. White presiding. There was a good attendance. 



* " Birds of Cardwell and Herbert River Districts (N.Q.) " published in 

 The Emu, vol. x., pp. 233-245, comprises the held observations of the last 

 trip, and for that reason, perhaps, the value of the contribution is now 

 enhanced. 



