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resents another coming near or even looking at their " very own 



wee home." My son found a Jabiru's nest in a Pandanus pahn 



early in the year. This is the third nest we have heard of in this 



locality. One of the others was in the top of a big mistletoe on 



a box tree. — Mrs. Adam Black. Pajingo, Charters Towers, 



Queensland. 



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Retirement of Dr. Hamlyn-Harris from the Queensland 

 Museum. — According to the Daily Mail (Brisbane) recently 

 (October), the members of the Queensland Museum staff met in 

 the library to make a suitable presentation to Dr. R. Hamlyn- 

 Harris, to mark his retirement from the directorship after seven 

 years' service. Apologies were received from Dr. J. Shirley and 

 Mr. A. B. Walkom. In asking the Director to accept a framed 

 enlargement of himself, with the museum as a background, Mr. 

 H. A. Longman said he would like briefly to refer to the valuable 

 work which had been done under the direction of Dr. R. Hamlyn- 

 Harris. The galleries had been reorganized, and both exhibited 

 and reference specimens were now largely systematized. The 

 Museum Memoirs published had won wide recognition for their 

 scientific standing, and had resulted in enhancing the library of 

 the institution through the accession of exchange material. The 

 introduction of educational lectures, especially those to school 

 students, had been a great progressive step. Dr. T. Harvey 

 Johnston, hon. zoologist, in supporting the remarks of Mr. Long- 

 man, said it was to the credit of Dr. Hamyln-Harris that the 

 museum was to-day recognized as of genuine scientific value. 

 Unfortunately, the director's health had been seriously affected, 

 and he sincerely hoped, with all the members of the staff, that 

 the complete change which Dr. Harris was about to make would 

 result in a speedy recovery of his good health. They wished him 

 every success in his enterprise on the land. Mr. B. Harrison, the 

 veteran attendant, also spoke. In replying. Dr. Hamlyn-Harris 

 said he was naturally self-conscious, as any man would be under 

 similar circumstances. Of his work in the institution, all he could 

 say was that he had served the museum and the State to the best 

 of his ability. He realized the momentous step he was taking 

 in severing his connection with scientific work. One of the main 

 reasons was that he was making a bid to regain his health. He 

 expressed the hope that the museum would maintain its position, 

 and that every member of the staff would continue to render 

 faithful service. He also paid a special compliment to the valu- 

 able assistance rendered to him by Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby, the 

 well-known ichthyologist. Dr. R. Hamlyn-Harris leaves to-day 

 for Stanthorpe, where he has secured interests on the land. 



Sundry Notes. — I found a Black Duck's {Anas sitperciliosa) 

 nest a few days ago, and the little ones were just emerging from 

 the eggs, of which there were eight in the nest. The Condamine 



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