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a pair of curlews that had succes.sfnlly hatched a chick in her 

 garden. Capt. White reported that a pair of White-bearded 

 Honey-eaters had finished building a nest in his garden on '-.th 

 March. The first egg was laid on 9th. and the second a day 

 later. Both hatched, but the chicks died when three days old, 

 and the parent birds were again building. Mr. Edwin Ashby 

 noted several White-faced Herons roosting close to his house 

 at Blackwood. Mr. J. W. Mellor reported the Yellow-rumped 

 Diamond Bird about throughout the month at Fulham, and the 

 Fantailed Cuckoo very quiet at Lockleys. Black-faced Cuckoo 

 Shrikes were about in unusually large numbers, 32 were con- 

 gregated on a dead tree at Fulham, whilst at the same time 

 many more were flying around or perched on the surrounding 

 trees. On 28th March, young White-plumed Honey-eaters 

 were being fed by the parent birds. 



Mr. Edwin Ashby showed two highly coloured Adelaide 

 Rosellas from Echunga and Upper Sturt, and suggested that 

 they were fairly old birds. Capt. White opined that as so 

 many of these birds were now being shot in the orchards, and 

 it took albout eight years for them to get highly coloured, it 

 was probable that few bright forms would be met with in the 

 future. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing year — 



President— Capt. S. A. White, C.M.B.O.U. 



Vice-President — Mr. Edwin Ashby, C.F.A.O.U. 



Secretaiy — Mr. Kobert Grompton, E.A.O.U. 



Acting Secretary — Mr. F. M. Angel, R.A.O.TJ. 



Editorial Committee — Capt. White, Messrs. F. R. Zietz, 

 A. G. Edquist, Robert Crompton, and F. M. Angel. 



The financial statement showed that, in spite of the great 

 increase in the cost of publication of the "S.A. Ornithologist," 

 the position was very satisfactory. 



A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. F. M. Angel, 

 who had so creditably carried out the duties of Secretary dur- 

 ing the absence of Mr. Robert Crompton in Europe. 



APRIL 25th, 1919. 

 Capt. S. A. White, C.M.B.O.U. presided. Messrs. A. Keith 

 Ashby and J. Neil McGilp were duly elected members. The 

 Chairman reported that he had been informed by the Hon. the 

 Minister of Industry that a new permit would be granted to 

 the Association in connection with the supervision of the 

 Islands on the Coorong. 



