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tieiil.-ii- bird in S(Muh Ansi r;ili;i. ("niilain \\liire also siatod 

 t'hnl I Ik- injiidiiions (ipcnin.u- of Mic (jiiail sIkioi iii^' scasou 

 envlici' liiis ycai- iliau usual liad proxci] his own coulculiou 

 tliat llicrc would b(^ loo nuanv youiii;' birds about. Mr. U. 

 Marshall had lold him jtlrat rcccnlly ho had 'boon our aftiM- 

 quail, and afVor rlio tiftli shot ho had put his uuii back in itli'- 

 inotor, as ho round he had shot birds with many yoimjjj loft" 

 in the nest or '" rnnnini;' about like a lol^ of sj)iders."" Ar the 

 Captain's own jiiacc he had had a \\('aiisomo time in tryinji; 

 to stop illicii duck shootin.u'. Avhich shonliujj, he atlributo<i 

 to tlie annojincenient in the daily pai)er's. emanating, Ik' rhou«i'lir, 

 from the Fislieries I )e})artnu'nt, that tine b'a<;s of j^anie wert^ 

 bein,:;' 'j;oi. These so-called spoi'tsmen had been shootini; 

 7>lo\'er and maypios as well. Captain White then liave a, 

 line lecture on the Vanco Settlement, X.S.W. (aided by a. ti'ooi 

 niai»). and of the birds there. Lasr year Iw had i>artly investi 

 ji'ated the (pieslion (d' tlu^ usefulness or otherwise of ihe bird;s 

 to he found there, and lie completed the euijuiry recently, 

 travelling!,- (i\-er 4(HI miles by motor. lie noticed a ji'i'eat altera- 

 tion in tln' number of birds to be seen, especially where the 

 tindMM- had been and was bein<i' destroyed. TluM-e were still 

 ^•reat nund)ei-s of ""Starling" (the loeal name for ^^^lo(l Swat 

 lows). He had point<Ml ont what wonid he tlie final result 

 if this defoi-esitation was continued in such a whoh^sale 

 manner, and ha<l r(^'comnrended the establishmem of s(>v(M'i;! 

 sanctnaries and tin- • lencini;' of them in so as to uive tho 

 yonn<;' tiees la (diance to firow. He was informed that a 

 species of Lyre-bird w'as to be found in the ^IcPlieison Ranire. 

 H(^ Imd taken a laptid census of the number of birds seen to 

 the scjuar'o mnle on each of 'his trips and nHMili(tned the ditfcr 

 ent ti<>nres. Me exhibited Ihe skins of the followinu birds 

 taken by him for stonuudi investij»ation : — reaceful Dove 

 {Gcopcliii /tJdcida), Kose-breasted Coekatoo {('(tcdtini rosrica- 

 pilla), P>lne-faced Ilfmey-eater ( Eiifoini/.zon ri/<in<>lis) , Recent 

 Honey-eater {Zaiithomizn jtlirt/f/ia ) , 'While-face \ ApJirJoccphiila 

 IrHcopstis) . Caterpillar-eater {(Ut mpopJidf/d tricolor). I'i*<vwn 

 Trec^ Creepei- {fliiiKirtcrist picininid) . Rnfons Sonii' Lai-k 

 ( Pfnnocdiis Hid Ihcirsi \ , Red-tip]ied Oianiond I>ii-d i I'lirfhilofiifi 

 .^fridfiis I . 



Mr. Pdwin Ashby, in con_i;rat ulating Captain White on 

 his woi-k in ( ndea\-oui-in};', to j^'ot sanctuaries established, said 

 he t'houiihr that not mneh valne conid be placed on the census 

 of l)irdson fast nK»t(u- journeys, and instanced trips in V\>st(M'n 

 Anr-tralia on which no birds were seen, yet before dawn many 

 birds conld be heard sinn-in";-. The ('hairniari llianki'il Captain 



