30 The South Australian Ornithological Association. 



liberty in South Australia, escaped, owing to a fire taking 

 place next door to a bird fancier's shop in Adelaide. A win- 

 dow was broken, and the cages containing the birds fell out 

 and opened. Since then he had seen these birds nesting 

 in the pines in the Botanic Park. Some late nesting of native 

 birds this year was recorded. The remainder of the evening 

 was given up to Mr. Ashby, who spoke upon "Some Tasmanian 

 Birds and Eggs." This speaker mentioned the eggs of the Spot- 

 less Crake (Porzanoidea plumbed immaculata) describing how art- 

 fully the nest is placed amid the grass and rushes, growing in 

 the swamps, the eggs of the Tasmanian Spotted Ground Bird 

 (Cinclosoma punctatum dovei) were also shown, with a clutch of 

 the South Australian form (C.p. neglectum) for comparison, the 

 latter having very unusual markings. Skins of AcantJwrnis 

 magnus were shown, and it was explained that they were 

 taken from a district hitherto unassociated with this bird. 

 Other birds exhibited were the Tasmanian Tit (AcantJiiza 

 ewingii) the Brown Bumped Tit (A. pusilla diemenensis), the 

 Streaked Field Wren (Galamantlius fuUginosus), the Tasmanian 

 White-bearded Honey Eater (Meliornis novaehollandiae 

 cmiescens) Mr. Ashby stated that he found the latter bird very 

 plentiful amidst the low bush in the great Lake district. The 

 speaker showed a fine specimen of the Swift Parrot (Lathamus 

 discolor tregellasi and stated that strange as it may seem these 

 birds were numerous among the trees in the city of Hobart 

 at the time of his visit, but not one example did he see in the 

 surrounding country. At this stage the remaining material 

 was held over for next meeting. 



February 23rd., 1917. 



A monthly meeting was held, Dr. A .M. Morgan presided*. 

 The Chairman welcomed the Chief Inspector of Fisheries and 

 Game (Mr. Bruce), and said he hoped that gentleman would be 

 a constant visitor to the meetings. A discussion again took 

 place in reference to the sparrows following the East-West 

 Railway into Western Australia, but upon a member stating 

 that he was in communication with the executive of the Coun- 

 cil for Science and Industry, as to making use of his services 

 in the matter, the Chairman and others said that would settle 

 the question, for nothing better could be done. 



Mr. J. W. Mellor gave some interesting notes upon late 

 nesting of native birds upon his property in the Mount Lofty 

 Ranges, and pointed out what a number of birds had taken ad- 



