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going to Stradbroke Island and the Bunya Mountains, went to 

 Townsville, and from there to Prairie, near Hughenden, visiting 

 isolated members. He took his lantern with him, lecturing at 

 the various centres, including Townsville, and also before the 

 Brisbane Field Naturalists' Club on his return. 



Other business was transacted at the mountain camp, the 

 chief subject of discussion being a motion which Mr. H. Tryon 

 (Queensland) had advanced earlier. This was to the effect that 

 it be a recommendation to the Council that branches of the 

 Union be formed in each State. Mr. Tryon spoke at some length- 

 in claiming that the passage of his motion would act as a stimulus 

 to ornithological study, and he was supported strongly by Mr. 

 C. Coles (N.S.W.), who seconded the motion. 



Dr. Cleland and Dr. D'Ombrain (N.S.W.), Capt. White (S.A.), 

 Messrs. A. H. Chisholm and G. H. Barker (Qld.), Dr. Leach and 

 Dr. Home (Vic.) joined in a discussion on the subject. Ultimately 

 the large meeting carried an amendment, sponsored by Capt. 

 White and Dr. Home — " That it be a recommendation to the 

 Council that arrangements be made to ensure regular meetings 

 of members of the Union in the respective States, these meetings 

 to consider ornithological matters, and, if necessary, make 

 recommendations to the Council." 



Votes of thanks for courtesies extended were accorded the 

 Premier, the Minister for Railways, the Home Secretary, the 

 Minister for Agriculture, the Dalby Chamber of Commerce, 

 Dr. Booth-Clarkson (who entertained the party at Stradbroke 

 Island), Mr. H. W. Mobsby (hon. lanternist of the Geographical 

 Society), the Brisbane Field Naturalists' Club, and the Brisbane 

 press, which fully reported the proceedings of the Congress. 

 Appreciative references were made to the work of Queensland 

 members generally, and a special vote of thanks was accorded 

 the hon. secretary (Mr. Chisholm) for his conduct of arrange- 

 ments for the congress and camps, which rank among the most 

 successful in the history of the Union. 



Apologies were received from Messrs. E. M. Cornwall, W. G. 

 and R. C. Harvey (Mackay), F. L. Berney (Rockhampton), Chas. 

 Barnard (vice-president), Noel V. J. Agnew (Peel Island), E. R. 

 Caldwell (Charleville), A. J. Campbell, A. C. Stone, and A. H. 

 Mattingley. 



Greetings were received from the Central Queensland Native 

 Birds Protection Association (Mr. P. V. Maloney, hon. sec.) 



THE BUNYA RANGE EXCURSION. 



By a. H. Chisholm, R.A.O.U., State Secretary, Queensland. 



Several months prior to the holding of the congress, arrange- 

 ments were well advanced in Brisbane for a camp-out to be held 

 in the neighbourhood of the picturesque Whitsunday Passage, 

 between Mackay and Townsville, North Queensland. All chance 



