C8 Orcas'ionaJ JS^oies. 



SoiTH AfIMCAX OKNITlloLOCilsTs' UnION. 



Statement of L\'cei/its and ExjiendUare ll'lO. 



liilO. £, s. d. 



.liui. 1. To Balance 58 5 5 



Dec. 3\. ^Subscriptions 76 13 



Sales of Journal 10 12 9 



£ s. (I. 



By J'rinting and Publisliiiip- Journal .... .... 76 1 



]*ostage and Stationery , .... 2 510 



Commission and Bank Charges ..,. 1 04 



Sundries and Indexes .... 11 



Cover Account .... 1;5 



11. II. Porter .M 



Bv Balance in hand , . , . .... 51 11 



£-145 11 -2 £145 11 2 



A. K. IIaagneu, 



JIoii. Treasurer. 



Books and Accounts examiiie'l and found correct. 



AlSTlN BoBEIJTS. 



A' IT I. — Orcti/ioual jyofcs. 



1. Nesting of S. African Bittern {Jioi.uints Ktclhtr'if; 

 rapenaiii). — On tlu; 12tli inst. wliile out Diick-sliootiiio- on 

 t^ome pans nciir this place, I round two iiosts of tliis .species ; 

 they were witliin 20 yards of each other, in a shallow grassy 

 pan, situated in clumps of grass raised ahout a foot out of 

 the water, which ^\■:ls only a few in(dK's deep. The nests 

 were rather flat -tnictinw-, cniiipo-ed of ih-y grass, ahout a 

 foot in ilianu'tfT : one eonlained three eggs and a young 

 hird, whieh had pr<»hal)ly hatched out tliat morning ; the 

 latter was covered with long down of a \in()us hrown colour, 

 the legs and feet pale pink, and the hill, which still had the 

 egg-toofli adiiering, was pinkish yellow, the eyes dark hrown. 

 Althou'di so voung and very weak this little fellow was \QYy 



