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the future. Your chairman was successful in arranging for 

 numbers to be placed before the name of each protected bird in 

 the Act which corresponds with the number in Dr. Leach's 

 ''Australian Bird Book" and now the Government has supplied 

 each Police Station with one of these books, so there v/ill not be 

 any mistake in identifying the bird. One of the most impor- 

 tant happeninprs in the history of the State of South Australia 

 (from a Biological and Botanical point of view) was the consti- 

 tuting of Flinders Chase, Kangaroo Island, because within this 

 great reserve many species of the fast disappearing avifauna 

 on the mainland can be introduced and saved for all time.'" 

 The retiring president said "In company with Mr. G. R. 

 Laffer, M.P., a representative for the district (the Premier be- 

 ing prevented from going at the last moment) visited Kangaroo 

 Island. 'The whole question w^as discussed with the Kings- 

 cote District Council. After a long discussion the Council 

 agreed that they would no longer oppose the fixing of the 

 boundaries of the Chase. This action was closely followed 

 up by your president who had frequent interviews with the 

 Hons. the Premier, Attorney General, and Mr. Laffer. M.P.. to 

 ensure having the reserve properly constituted by Act of Par- 

 liament. Members of the Ministry gave a promise to that 

 effect, and later on these promises were right royally carried 

 out, for the Bill passed both Houses practically without altera- 

 tion. After twelve years of fighting the great Reserve is now 

 a reality. The Board of Governors controlling Flinders Chase 

 has been formed and is now hard at work nn the management 

 of this fine sanctuary. 200 square miles of country is really 

 not large enough, but the Act provides for extension. 



The protection of the Association's Islands in the Coorong 

 is maintained and your President during term of office made 

 numerous visits to the birds breeding grounds. Both swan and 

 pelicans reared a fair number of young birds the last three 

 nesting seasons. Good sound work has been put in by many 

 members of the Association. Dr. Morgan has made several 

 trips, which he has w^ritten up in his usual very thorough man- 

 ner for "The South Australian Ornithologist.'' Mr. F. Parsons 

 made a good discovery in a new sub species of Emu Wren on 

 Kangaroo Island. Mr. L. K. McGilp's meeting with the scar- 

 let-chested grass parrot (N. aplrndida) in the country north of 

 Lake Frome, September, 1919. Last but not least your retiring 

 President is deeply indebted to the loyal backing of the Associ- 

 ation, especially to the Hon. Secretary (Mr. F. M. Angel) who 

 has rendered such valuable assistance to the Association and 

 Ornithologists in general, and it is with greatest regret that I 

 hear of his resignation as Secretary. 



