128 The South Auatraliin Or)iiLholf>(/ical Assoclalion. 



Wliitc U)V his very iiitei-cstinii: l(^cnii-(\ r.iid the iiioctiiifi' closed 



H.t 10 |».7il. 



Mcssi's. J. W. .Mcllor ;iii(l •). Suiroii hiiiujcd in bird iiort-s 

 for the moil til. 



— -Mccliiiii held on li4lli Fclirujiiy. V.)'l'l. — 



Mr. F. .M. Aii<i(d in ilic cliaif. Ii was ii-jtoricd ihal Mi-. 

 F. Ii. Zcirz was seriously ill. and a morion (^xjn-cssiiiji' syni]talhy 

 was passed, and the lion. SK'crctary 'was instrucied lo convey 

 that to him by lett<M-. 



A letler was received I'roin ,Mr. A. < '. .Mincliin. hirecto-- 

 S.A. Zoolo<;ieal and Aci limatizarion Sociely's (iiirdens, advisiujij 

 with I'ejiard t(^ the para^raijli in the " Oi-nitholoiiist " of 

 January. V.)'l'l. en the slii]iiiieiit (d' Ausiralian animals 

 and birds by the Ansrralian Z(»ol(^Jii(•al Control IJoard, 

 that tiier<' was no such Uoard in exislence. nor was 

 his Soci^'ty in any way " (•onnected with the slii]>nient 

 referred to." .Nrembers wwv jileased to haw this 

 C'onti-adietion. I>r. A. .AI. Morgan exhibited i»hoto<iraphs 

 of ('reste(] Teins iSlcfiKi hcr;/ii] and tlieii- nests taken at tlie 

 Kaudin Kocks, about six miles from Hobe. S.A. In two 

 instances two eii*>s w(M-e in a nest — a v(M-y unusual occun-ence. 

 Bird notes for the month were handed in by Messrs. K. (\ 

 Be(d<, J. AV. Mellor, and J. Kut'tcui. faptain AVhite mentioned 

 bavin^^ seen at Fulliam during this month the Sordid AA'ood 

 P'wallows (ArfdiiiNs siordidiis) with youn^u'. Pi-ofessor J. j>. 

 Chdand then .uave a very interesting lecture on the subject of 

 the takinii, of a '' Hird Census." The nietliod lie adopts is to 

 note down, just as one scoi-es the runs at cricdvet. tln^ numbei^ 

 of eacli kind of bird as one sees them whilst travelliiiiL>- along 

 li'V motor, coacli. or buiijjT or whilst walking. The ridiability 

 of the niellio;] depends on the ease with wliieli any species ran 

 be recognized. The distance on eatdi side of the track over 

 whiidi the birds can be identified will vary with the type of 

 country and the s})ecies of the birds. Xevertheless the results 

 may be taken as the riiiiiiiinnii iniinlxr of certain sjiecies over 

 certain ar<\is. The census taken in South Australia udnefly) 

 by the lectur(M' covers journeys fi-om Adcdaide to Mt. Compass 

 (via Willunga). Encounter Kay. Waitpinga. Strathalbyn, Well- 

 ington. Point McT.eay. Milang. Finniss. (xoolwa, Renmark. 

 Moj-uan to C(d)dogla, ^lonash. I>(M'ri. Barmei-a. Quorn to I'ichi 

 liichi Pass, Parachilna. IJlinman, Wirreali>a Station. Port 

 Augusta. Iron Knob. The joni-neys covered a distance of 

 about l.olS miles. The number of sjiecies of native birds 



seen was 14(1. and the individuals more than 11.240. about nine 



