158 State Secretaries' Reports. ""The Emu 



L 1st Oct. 



adult, young, and \arianls, the moulting and the ecological con- 

 ditions are given for the different birds. Special attention is 

 devoted to the feather and moulting conditions. 



["Golden Wattle: Oui- National Floral Emblem." By A. J. Camp- 

 bell, C.M.B.O.U., author of "Nests and Eggs of Australian Birds" and 

 Life Member Wattle Day League of Victoria. Osboldstone & Co., 

 Temple Court Place, Melbourne. 63 pages, quarto, with 28 illustra- 

 tions, 5 coloured. Price, £1/1/-.] 



riiough this is a bird journal, yet there is a close C(jnnection 

 of birds with trees, rendered closer in this case by the author 

 being for years Hon. Editor of this Journal, and also life mem- 

 ber of the Wattle Day League of Victoria. 



The author, a pioneer in Australian nature study, particularly 

 in bird and tree study, has, after many years of study and i)hoto- 

 graphing, produced a handsome, well-illustrated volume of our 

 beautiful often heavily scented wattle, a work worthy to be a 

 com])anion \()lume of the \alual)le""Xests and Eggs of Australian 

 Birds." 



The dedication reads: "To all who hne our National Fhnver 

 — with its flossy wealth of golden glory and leaves of loveliness — 

 the wattle, this work is humbly dedicated by A Wattle Lover." 



The foreword by Sir William J. Sowden, K.C.ALG., Adelaide, 

 President Federal and South Australian Wattle Day Leagues, 

 draws attention to the author's efforts in promoting the cult of 

 the wattle blossom, in developing Australian sentiment for the 

 wattle, and in securing the recognition, already ])ractically Em- 

 pire-wide, of Wattle Day. Sir William concludes with "an 

 expression of the great gratitude which is due to the author 

 from Australia's sons and daughters in general, and members 

 of the AVattle League in ])articular for the i)atriotic and national 

 inspiration which he has imparted." 



The letterpress is developed from the interesting lecture gixen 

 by the author in arousing interest in the Wattle Day movement. 

 It is beautifully and appropriately illustrated by selected pictures 

 by the author — an expert ])hotograi)her. A symbolic meaning 

 has been added by the inclusion of draped figures in many of 

 the pictures. 



Printer, block-maker, and l)inder lia\e ilone their ])ans well, and 

 the book deserves the supi)()rt of all interested in Wattle Cul- 

 ture, and the develo]>ment of an Au>tralian national sentiment. 



State Secretaries' Reports 



TASMA.XIA. 



Considerable ])rogress has been made in Tasmania recently 

 as regards bird i)rotecti()n, and the ".\nimals and liird Protec- 

 tion Act," which is controlled by the Police Department, is of 

 great assistance in this direction. Rejiorts were received that 

 the Siher Culls and other ^ea bircL were being nmlested in 



