The South Australian Ornithological Association. 35> 



The Forest League extended au invitation to members of 

 this Association to attend a meeting to be held on March 2nd^ 

 1021. 



Publications received — Report of the Governors of the 

 Public Library. Miiseum and Art Gallery of S.A. 



Mr. Zietz mentioned that Dr. Pulleine had told hiin that 

 two Dollar Birds had been seen flying over Netherby. 



Mr. S. Sanders reported Swifts flying rapidly on 12th 

 instant. 



Dr. Jay mentioned that two or three Bronzewing Pigeons 

 liad been seen in his garden at Burnside. 



Professor Cleland said that he had noticed a number of 

 <irass Parrots on Wright Island, at first fiance he thought they 

 were NeonomuJcK petrophilun. on account of their feeding on 

 seeds of the wild tobacco plant growing amongst the rocks on 

 (he island, but they were evidently Nrojia nodes vlrcmns, as birds 

 were seen to fly across from the mainland where the latter 

 species was plentiful. 



Mr. K. Ashby reported that the Singing Honeyeater and 

 lilack-faced Cuckoo Shrike were now at Blackwood. The Black- 

 faced Cuckoo Shrike although destructive to the grape croj) 

 was doing much good by eating up the caterpillars and moths 

 that fed on the broom bush. 



Messrs. J. W. Mellor, K. Ashby, and R. (h-ompton all 

 instanced the breeding of the White-plumed Honey-eater 

 ( Greenie) at Lockleys, Blackwood, and Burnside respectively. 



The rest of the evening was taken up by Messrs. Ashby and 

 Mellor. who c(mtinued their lecture on birds of West Australia. 

 A number of fine skins were handed round and comi>ared with 

 .skins from the S.A. Museum brought to the meeting by Mr. 

 F. R. Zietz. 



Amongst llic skins was a fine s|)ecimen of the Alfred or 

 Inconspicuous Honey-eater that Mr. Mellor secured on the 

 trip. This was* the first opportunity that members had had 

 of seeing this rai-e Honey-eater and IMr. Mellor was congratu- 

 lated on his good woi*k in collecting it. 



As time did not j)ermit a full report on Birds of West 

 Australia. Messrs. I*]. Asliby and Mellor were thanked for an 

 interesting evening jind asked to continue the lecture on some 

 future eveninir. 



