98 The South Australian, Ornitholuyical As-iuciation. 



though uow rarely sefu. were <it one tiiiu' iriiaerous close to 

 Adelaide. 



— Meeting lield on 28th October. 1!»l*1.— 



Mr. F. M. Angel in the chair. 



Mr. H. O. Love, of Wayville. nominated at last nuMMing. 

 was duly elected a member of the Association. 



Mr. F. R. Zietz exhibited a j>air of skins of tin- \\y>\x parrot, 

 the Naretha Parrot (Pscphotiis iiarctha) . TW^v skins had 

 been presented to the S.A. Museum by Mr. H. L. W'liire. of New 

 South Wales. This new parrot is the most notable find in 

 ornithology of Australia for a considerable time, and Mr. White 

 was congratulated ujion his good fortune, which he thoroughly 

 deserved. 



Before asking I>r. ^lorgan lo give an address on his recent 

 trip to North-West Australia, the Chairman said he was 

 pleased to welcome Dr. Morgan after his long illness, and he 

 hoped he w(mld soon be in good health again. 



Dr. Morgan gave a most interesting account of his trip 

 from Perth tO Derby, in North-West Australia, explained the 

 habits of many of the birds he had seen, tabled fine skins he 

 had taken for identification, and showed photograjdis de})icting 

 the country over which he had travelled. A very interesting 

 exhibit was a small collection of articles secured from the play- 

 ground bower of the Great Bower Bird. This bird was remark- 

 ably tame, and was common in the streets of Derby. 



Dr. Morgan promised to Avrite uj) his notes on the trip so 

 that members who were not present could have the opjmrtu- 

 nity of reading them in our journal. 



The Chairman thanked Dr. Morgan for his interesting lec- 

 ture, and regretted that the trip was the cause of the Doctor's 

 illnesis. 



—Meeting held on 2r)th November. 1921.— 



Mr. F. M. Angel in the chair. 



Mr. J. Sutton gave an interesting account of \hv R.A.O.U. 

 Congress in Sydney, and described many observations made at 

 the camp out at Ellerslee. where about 1 U! different birds were 

 identified. 



The main business of the evening was set down as Inspec- 

 tion of the Dr. Angove Egg Collection. The Secretary apologised 

 for the non-arrival of this collection. All arrangements had 

 been made to have the eggs ready for inspection, but at the 

 last moment these arrangements had been upset. The collec- 

 tion will be available to members bv the next meetinu. 



