Vol. III. 

 1904 



Australasian Ornithologists' Union. \ C 7 



His Excellency (who was attended by Captain Sheppard, 

 A.D.C.), in opening the proceedings, said that Tasmania wel- 

 comed the members of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, 

 and the Royal Society was proud to offer the Union its hospitality 

 and the use of its rooms. The third Congress of the Union was 

 now being held. The first was held at Adelaide, the second at 

 Melbourne, and Hobart was now honoured with the third. He 

 trusted the members of the Union had had all the pleasant 

 experiences that Tasmania could offer them. The Ornithologists' 

 Union of Australasia was largely represented by gentlemen 

 in Victoria — he thought the majority of its members resided 

 there, but Tasmania was also well represented in the Union. 

 Amongst its members was Colonel Legge, whose knowledge of 

 ornithological pursuits was extremely well known. Some years 

 ago, when commanding the artillery in Ceylon — an island which 

 he (the Governor) knew and was fond of — Colonel Legge studied 

 and wrote about a large number of the birds of that island, 

 and his book was now the standard work upon the subject. To- 

 day, they were met to hear something about the birds of Tas- 

 mania which were found in the islands of Bass Strait, nearly 

 all of which were under the jurisdiction of Tasmania. The 

 papers would be illustrated by a beautiful display of photographs, 

 taken by the authors. 



The papers read by Messrs. Campbell, Godfrey, and Bradly 

 dealt respectively with King Island, Kent Group and Albatross 

 Rock, and the Furneaux Group, and described the birds, geo- 

 graphy, history, soil, vegetation, animal life, and inhabitants 

 of the islands, as well as the personal experiences of the lecturers. 

 In connection with some disastrous shipwrecks which occurred 

 before the second lighthouse was placed on King Island, Mr. 

 Bradly recited G. R. Sims's poem, " The Lifeboat." The 

 lanternist was Mr. N. Oldham. 



Mr. A. O. Green moved a vote of thanks to the lecturers, which 

 was passed with acclamation, and acknowledged by Mr. Le 

 Souef. 



Colonel Legge moved a vote of thanks to Sir Arthur Havelock 

 for presiding, and mentioned that Sir Samuel Way, who presided 

 at the first Congress of the Ornithologists' Union, at Adelaide, 

 left the Congress to welcome His Excellency Sir Arthur Havelock 

 to Australia. 



Third Day. 



Saturday, as the preceding days, was partly devoted to 

 excursions by the members and visitors, and in the evening a 

 public dinner was given in the Royal Society's rooms.* There 

 was but one toast proposed (by Col. Legge, who was chairman), 



* There were present —Colonel Legge, Mr. and Mrs. Le Souef, Mrs. Roberts, 

 Misses M'Haffie and Hayle, Messrs. A. O. Green, Alex. Morton, A. J. Campbell, 

 A. G. Campbell, A. L. Butler, A. Mattingley, H. Kendall, A. Zietz, R. Zietz, J. 

 W. Mellor, J. F. Bradly, and H. C. Thompson. 



