I^^O Royal Australasian Orniihologisls' Union. [ist^^'oec. 



Mr. A. S. Le Soutif, the Director of the Zoological Gardens, 

 Sydney, very kindly invited members of the Union to visit the 

 Gardens while in Sydney. On Sunday morning many members 

 took advantage of the invitation, and spent a very enjoyable 

 time. 



On Sunday evening the party left Sydney by the Northern 

 express. On arrival at Wallangarra the travellers were informed 

 that a parlour car and a first-class car had been reserved for them 

 through the kindness of the Minister of Railways. The delegates 

 greatly appreciated the feeling which prompted this act of kindness 

 and generosity. A few hours later a further token of the kindnesses 

 of which the mzmbers of the Union were to be recipients was received, 

 for, on arriving at Warwick, they were met by Sir Arthur Morgan 

 and other members of the Government and members of the local 

 Field Naturalists' Club, formally welcomed to Queensland, and 

 invited to afternoon tea while the train waited. 



At Toowoomba members of the Field Naturalists' Club also 

 waited' at the station to welcome the party, and a similar recep- 

 tion was accorded at Ipswich. Mr. H. Tryon (Government 

 Entomologist), organizing secretary for the Brisbane session, 

 had travelled to Ipswich to meet the party, and returned with 

 members to Brisbane. 



On arrival at the Central Station, Brisbane, the delegates were 

 met by Professor Skertchly, Messrs. J. Shirley, B.Sc, J. O'Neill 

 Brenan, C. W. Holland, G. M. Colledge, W. Beard, W. R. Parker, 

 and Dr. Hurworth, of the Field Naturalists' Club, and a number 

 of other ladies and gentlemen. While in Brisbane the whole of 

 the party was accommodated at the Belle Vue Hotel, George- 

 street, which is centrally situated. 



The delegates to the session were : — Victoria. — Messrs. A. |. 

 Campbell, Col. M.B.O.U., W. H. Dudley Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., J. A. 

 Leach, M.Sc, C. L. Barrett, Dr. Chenery (Sale), J. A. Kershaw 

 F.E.S., Curator National Museum, Melbourne, Z. Gray, E. B. 

 Nicholls, H. W. Wilson (hon. sec), Mrs. Israel, and Misses Camp- 

 bell (2). New South Wales. — Messrs. L. Harrison, C. Coles, H. 

 Burrell, D. B. Fry (of the Austrahan Museum, Sydney), Mrs. 

 Burrell, and Doctors Macgillivray and Dobbyn, from Broken Hill. 

 Queensland.— Messrs. F. L. Berney, C. A. Barnard, E. M. Corn- 

 wall, C. W. De Vis, M.A., and H. Tryon. South Austraha. — Messrs. 

 J. W. Mellor, J. F. Mellor, S. S. Stokes, Captain S. A. White, 

 Mesdames White and Mellor, and Miss Mellor. Apologies for 

 inability to attend were received from Messrs. I. Batey, G. A. 

 Dyer, Hon. F. Stuart, L. C. Cook, A. F. Linton (Victoria), E. H. 

 Lane (N.S.W.), Sir S. Way, Dr. W. N. Hope, M. Symond-Clark 

 (South Australia), C. P. Conigrave (W.A.), and R. Hall (Tas- 

 mania). 



The programme for the session was as follows : — 



dth October. — Visit Queensland Museum to meet Messrs. C. W. 

 De Vis and K. Broadbent and examine the collection of Aus- 

 tralian birds and Sir Wm. Macgregor's collection of birds of New 



