THE 



South Australian Ornithologist. 



Vol. II.] 1st APRIL, 1916. [Part 6. 



The South Australian Ornithological 

 Association. 



Only two meetings were held during the last quarter. 

 Owing to the Christmas holidays clashing with the December 

 meeting, and the fact that many members were out of town, 

 the meeting was cancelled. 



January 28th, 1916. 



An exceptionally large gathering took place to hear the 

 results of a trip to the islands off the South Australian coast 

 line, undertaken by Dr. Morgan and Capt. White at the kind 

 invitation of the Messrs. Rymill Brothers, the owners of the 

 beautiful little motor yacht, the "Avoeet." A description of 

 the bird life down the Gulf and on several of the small islands, 

 as well as those around Pondalowie Bay, was given. Much 

 research work was done. The cormorants were of especial 

 interest. It was shown how the yellow-faced bird keeps well 

 up the Gulfs, and the black-faced variety was found 

 on the rocks and islands exposed to the open ocean. 

 Temperatures of the sea birds were thoroughly gone 

 into. Stomach contents of sea birds were also in- 

 vestigated — not a single marketable fish was found 

 in the cormorant stomachs. Eight granite stones 

 worn very smooth, were taken from one of their stomachs. 

 The skins of the arctic skua {Stercorarius parasiticus), both 

 the dark and light forms, were represented by one of eacri. 

 These are the first known to have been taken in South Aus- 



