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("ulonel Home stated that he had noted in France that about 

 lo per cent, ot the Staiiings suffered from frost-bitten feet, one 

 or two toes being lost. It is possible that their immunity from 

 tliis and other conditions in Australia accounted for their remark- 

 al)le and serious spread throughout the Commonwealth. 



.Mr. A. J. Campbell made some interesting remarks al)()ut his 

 recent visit to North Queensland, and said that he liad identiTied 

 about two hundred species of birds, and that later on he hoped 

 to give an account of his results in The Emu. 



Messrs. Howe, Mattingley. Tregcllas, Alexander, Dyer. Le Souef, 

 and the chairman contributed ornithological notes of interest. 



