150 The HoHth Australian Ornitholoyical Association. 



was caiTied by the meiiibei'S jn-eseut. A vote of thanks was 

 j)a'ssed to Di-. W. Macdillivra.v for his leclniv on 27th inst. 

 Owinji. iiowevei', to the short notice, not many of <)ur members 

 were able to be present at that most interestinj;; and instruc 

 five lec-ture, mainly upon the Pelicans breeding at iLake Cowan- 

 dilla and adjoining- lagoons near Menindie. N.S.W. The 

 President expressed a wish that T)r. .MacGillivray would repeat 

 I he lecture here at some future opj)ortunity. Mr. .J. W. Mellor 

 then described the Robin family in Australia from his own 

 specimens of the birds, and aided by eggs exhibited by Mr. J. 

 Xeil McGilp. The Scarlet-breasted Robin { Pctroica tnalti- 

 rolor) — ^Si)ecimens taken at Flinders Island and Stirling 

 Ranges. W.A. The coloration of the Western species is a 

 deejter red and deejier black than the S.A. and E.A. birds. 

 Red-ca})ped Robin (I'ctroica f/oodcnorii ) — Si)ecimens from 

 l\vre's I'en insula, Pungondah, and Peterborough. The female 

 of this species is of a brown colour with a faint tinge of red 

 on the top of the head. Flame-breasted Robin ( Petroica 

 /jJioenicea) — Yorke I'euinsula is the furthest west that thi-i 

 bird is found. It breeds in the Bass Strait Islands, and in 

 Ta'smania. Specimens were shown from the Reedbeds, Flin- 

 ders Island, and 'Mount Arthur and Blount Harrow in Tas- 

 mania. The female is of a brown colour with no red at all 

 upon it. IMnk-breasted Robin {Eri/tlirodri/a!^ rodinof/aster) — 

 Specimens from Tasnumia. The female is brown with buff 

 marks on the wing, but shows no red colour at all. Rose- 

 breasted Robin { Eri/tJirodri/d.s i-oscu ] — Specimens from Vic- 

 toria and New South Wales. The fenuile is of a greyish- 

 brown colour. Large-headed Shrike-robin (Poceilodrifas 

 cnintd) — ^Specimen from Blackall Ranges, Q. This ibird has 

 a short, stumj^y tail. Yellow-breasted Shrike-robin (Eopsal- 

 frid (iiisti-(!li>t) — Sjieciniens from Eyre Peninsula, Blackall 

 Raiiges, Q., and X.S.W. The lecturer mentioned that on the 

 young of the Red Robins there first appeared a spot of 'red on 

 fme side, then one on the other side, and then one below those, 

 and gradually the colour spots coalesced. idaptain White 

 was wished a safe and suc<-essful journey by the President and 

 jneml)ers. 



MEETING HELD ON 26th ^fAY, 1022. 



Mr. F. E. Parsons ' (Vice-President) in the chair, in the 

 absence of the President (Professor J. B. Oleland) in New- 

 Zealand. The only business of the evening was a lecture by 

 the Vice-President on " Crakes and Rails." Crakes and Rails 

 are very quiet birds, and usually difficult to observe. Speci- 



