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The Suufh An^tyaliiih Ornitholoyical A'iHOciuHc/ii.. 



( iovi'i'iioi-s of ihr .Miisciiiii. .Mr. Lm rc.-id some of his intlcs 

 and apjKMlcMl lo inciiilirrs ios(;ii(l liini iiiroriiial ion witli rej;a)'(] 

 lo •• siiakc ■■ and "hiiil"" •t'alinm birds. lie nuMuioned thai 

 alth()n<;h the W'liiic Vac [Zo-^lcfops IdlcniJis) Avas known to ln' 

 v(n-_v partial ^lo tira|)('s. in :!.S sionuudis examined lie had t'oini.l 

 onlv one roiilaininii' ^rape seeds. lie also sialed ihai lie liad 

 n(»'t yet seciii-ed I he s|onia(di of a \\'edi;(^-taile(! V.w^U' \l i-ixit I us 

 <iii(J<i.n. ("aplain While and .Mi-. K. Ashhy con.ural nhited .Mr. 

 Lea on his \\-ork', and I lie Cliairiiian also coimuenTed on the 

 \aliie (d' tile wdik and fell sure our nieiul)ers would only he 

 too jtleased lo help him witlnnoles. infoi'mation, and siomade; 

 of birds. i >i-. A. .M. iMorj^an exhibited a skin of the l>ijsti<' 

 i'drd \Sj)]i(inti-i( Itrtxidbciiii) taken at Kobe, S.A.. in December, 

 I'.tl'l. The skin was that of a yonnji' bird. Mr. F. K. Parsons 

 exhibited ihe nest of a |i>laek and White l-'anlail \ I'lnjudiira 

 Iciicoplii i/si built at the base of the middle |tron>: of a broken 

 i'hree-i)ron,ued fork. The broken fork was stack into the facia 

 board in a verandah ait Findon. and when .Mi-. ['arsons saw 

 the nesi tirst it contained three yonny ones, so he waited foi- 

 a fortni<iht for the vonnj^- to leave and then secnred the exhibit. 

 Mr. i^alwin Ashby showed skins of fonr ,l)irds taken by himself 

 r<'c(Mitly at Kilsylli, near .Monni I )aiidenoii<i. Victoria — one 

 of a \'ellow' Ivobin { /'Jojt-salf ria (iiistrdJis ) [ a male Rnfons- 

 hi^'asted Whistler { /'(iclij/rcp/Kild nifin'iil ris \ iwith this bird 

 he broiiiiht for coni|iarisoii a speciiiK'n of similar birds from 

 the Northern Tenitory. N'ictoria. Soiiih Austi'alia, and 

 AN'eslern .\iistralia, ;and tlu^v showed marked ditfei-ence in 

 colouration) ; an Olive-backed Oriole (.!//>>/ rfr.s- sagiltida) ; JUkI 

 a S(piare-tail<'d Cuckoo {(Uico)iifnitisi pi/rrophdiiiix ) . ^Ir. Ashby 

 pointed out that this last-named bird was vvvy iik(^ a Fan-tailed 

 ('uckoo (('(icoiiKiiil is jldhclJlfontiix] . but its call was more 

 like that <d' the Pallid (hickoo {Cnciiliis pdJIidiis). but ran 

 down, the scale, iwhereas the lal! of Ihe Pallid Cuckoo lains 

 iij» the scale. ^Mi-. A. .M. Lea also prodnced some p(dl(4s from 

 a bii'd for identiticaition, bnt the membei-s ])reseivt were not 

 ill aji'reeinent on Ihe point. Captain Whitc^ exhibited three 

 s|tecimens of the Anstralian Ham Owl (Ti/lo alba) — one from 

 Adelaide, the second fi-om Xnllabor riain. and the third from 

 Stni-t"s Creek. The thiid bird he thonuhl was belwe<ni the 

 Adelaide and Xnllarboi' birds, avid was a izood sub-species — 

 the coloni- on irhe bark was a nimh darker brown, and the 

 black markinii's wer(^ also darker. lie also sho'w<Ml a Red- 

 chested (}nail {Tin nil- I'l/rrollinrd.r \ which had been shot 

 recently al Yankalilla and handed to him by .Mr. I>. Marshall. 

 This was Ihouiihl to be the s<'con(l iioled instance of this ])ar- 



