Official Organ of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. 



" Bir«as of Zi feather.' 



Vol. X.] 1ST DECEMBER, 1910. [Part 3 (Special). 



Royal Australasian Ornithologists^ Union. 

 TENTH (BRISBANE) SESSION. 



Minutes of the Tenth Annual Session of the Royal Aus- 

 TR.\LASiAN Ornithologists' Union, held at Brisbane, 



FROM the 4TH to THE 6tH OCTOBER, IQIO. 



It was decided at the ninth (Adelaide) session of the Union that 

 the next annual session should be held in Brisbane, and that the 

 working excursion should be held on some of the islands of the 

 Barrier Reef. As no session of the Union had been before held 

 in Queensland, this tenth session was looked forward to by all 

 members, and especially those who had not had the privilege of 

 visiting the northern State. 



The Council began as early as February to obtain from members 

 and others in Queensland information which would be valuable 

 in organizing the session. They received advice, information, 

 and assistance from all to whom they applied, and the outcome 

 was the largest and most successful session that has yet been held. 

 Mention will be made in the report of the proceedings of those 

 who, by their assistance and sympathy, helped to bring about 

 this result. 



The delegates from South Australia, Broken Hill, and Victoria 

 arrived in Sydney on Saturday, ist October, and were met by 

 Mr. Launcelot Harrison, the representative for New South Wales, 

 and Messrs. A. F. Basset Hull and G. J. Broinowski. 



In the afternoon the delegates, as the guests of the New South 

 Wales Field Naturalists' Club, were taken for a trip up Middle 

 Harbour, and a most enjoyable afternoon was spent. Afternoon 

 tea was presided over by Mrs. Launcelot Harrison. 



Members of the party from Svdnev included : — Mrs. L. Harrison, 

 :\Irs. Harrison, sen.. Miss Mack, A. F. Basset Huh, R.A.O.U., 

 Dr. Geo. Hurst, R.A.O.U., W. W. Froggatt, F.L.S., Government 

 Entomologist ; W. B. Gurney, F.E.S., president Field Naturalists' 

 Club ; Chas. Hedley, F.L.S., Assistant Curator, Australian 

 Museum; G. J. Broinowski; E. S. Edwards, M.A., hon. secretary 

 Field Naturalists' Club. 



The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, through 



