Tint South Australian Ornithological Association. 7 



NOVEMBER 24th 5 1916. 



A monthly meeting was held, at which Mr. A. G. Edquist 

 presided. Mr. F. R. Zietz reported having seen some of our 

 native birds feeding their young in the Botanic Gardens this 

 season, among others the Boobook Owl (Spiloglaux boobook), 

 Black-tailed Native Hen (Microtribonyx neutralis whitei), Grey 

 Shrike Thrush (Golluricinola harmonica). A commu- 

 nication was tabled by Dr. Morgan as to the 

 likelihood of the imported sparrow (Passer domes- 

 ticus) following the East-West Railway line into 

 Western Australia from Port Augusta .Mr. Weidenbach re- 

 marked that he had seen the sparrows about 200 miles west 

 of Port Augusta, on the line of construction. The matter 

 was allowed to stand over till next meeting. Mr. J. W. Mel- 

 lor reported havng seen several flocks of Shell parrots (Melop- 

 sittacus undulatus) at Lockleys during the month, the same 

 member exhibited a skin each of the Mallee parrot (Barnardius 

 barnardi) and the pale yellow parrot (Platycercus flaveolus 

 innominatus), both specimens from the River Murray above 

 Morgan. A large collection of bird skins from the Cooper's 

 Greek district, was exhibited by Capt. S. A. White. 



An outline of the country collected over by the Museum 

 Expedition was given, then a list of the birds observed, the 

 speaker stated that one new bird at least would be the out- 

 come of the trip, but on the whole he was disappointed with 

 the few species of birds met with, about 107. Emus were 

 not met with although their tracks were seen in the swampy 

 ground. Quail were only represented by the little quail 

 (Austroturnix velox), the spotted-shouldered dove (Stictopeleia 

 cuneata) was met with, the crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) 

 was not nearly so numerous as further north. 



The native hen (Microtribonyx ventralis) was only seen 

 upon two occasions, hoary headed grebe (Poliocephalus polio- 

 cephalus), and the Caspian tern (Hydroprogne tschgrava strenua) 

 were seen upon the Cooper. The Crested Tern (Thalasseus 

 bergii pelecanoid.es) was observed at Lake Harry, and the Silver 

 Gull (Bruchigavia novaehollandiae) was also seen. Dotterels of 

 several species were met with, White-headed Stilts (Himanto- 

 pus leucocephalus) as well as the red-necked Avocets (Recurvi- 



