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Official Organ of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. 



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Vol. XI.] 1ST JANUARY, 191 2. [Part 3. 



Royal Australasian Ornithologists^ Union. 



ELEVENTH (SYDNEY) SESSION. 



Minutes of the Eleventh Annual Session of the Royal 

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union, held at Sydney, 

 from the 28th October to 31ST October, 1911. 



The session was attended by the largest number of delegates that 

 as yet have joined in the annual proceedings, the southern States, 

 in particular, being well represented.* 



Most of the visiting delegates reached Sydney on Saturday, 

 the 28th October, and were met by the local secretary and other 

 members of the Union residing in New South Wales. 



In the afternoon an excursion to Ashton Park to view the pro- 

 posed new site for the Sydney Zoological Gardens was under- 

 taken. Mr. Griffiths, the Minister for Public Works, very 

 considerately placed a fine launch at the disposal of members. 

 The afternoon was most genial and the weather perfect, and a 

 run around the harbour as far as the Heads was made. The 

 areas of land on the harbour frontages recently resumed by the 

 Government to convert into parks were viewed, and members 

 were greatly impressed by this laudable action of the Government 

 to preserve the beauty spots of the harbour. After viewing these 

 points of interest a return was made to Ashton Park, contiguous 

 to the city, and close to Mosman Bay. A pleasant walk through 

 sylvan glades and amid wild birds and flowers occupied the balance 



* Members and friends who attended the session : — Victoria. — Mr. and 

 Mrs. E. B. Nicholls, "Sir. and Mrs. C. Cole, Mr. A. J. and Miss Campbell, 

 Mr. and Mrs. Mattingley, Mr. and ^Mrs. J. A. Leach, Miss M. Hayman, 

 Mrs. Israel, Mrs. Wickham, Dr. W. J. Long, Messrs. O. Rosenhain, Mowling 

 (2), J. Barr, D. Le Souef. New South IFa/es.— Mr. and Mrs. H. BurreU, 

 Dr. \. E. D'Ombrain. Messrs. C. Coles, A. Hamilton, G. J. Broinowski, 

 Basset HulL A. S. Le Souef, H. Sharpe, J. Dun. Queensland. — ^Nlr. C. Barnard. 

 South Australia. — Messrs. J. W. Mellor and S. S. Stokes. Western Australia. — 

 Mr. A. W. Milligan. Tasmania. — Col. W. V. Legge. 



