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pallid cuckoo had been calling loudly lately. The white- 

 browed babblers (Morganornis supercilhsus) had nested at 

 the Reed Beds, and that large fully fledged young were about 

 with the parent birds; he also reported the landrail. Mr. 

 Edquist recorded the nesting of the silver-eye (Zosterops 

 lateralis wester nensis), and stated that the bird roosted in the 

 nest every night during the time of construction. Dr. A. M. 

 Morgan stated that he had found that the warty-faced honey 

 eater had left the foot-hills, and gone further into the ranges. 

 Mr. F. R. Zietz stated that two female plain wanderers 

 (Pedionomus torquatus) had been handed into the museum 

 during the last quail season. The same member added that 

 tbe introduced English skylark was fairly numerous at Gilles 

 Plains this winter. Capt. White stated that owing to the 

 heavy rains, and prospects of a fine season, several birds 

 which have been absent from the Adelaide plains for several 

 years have again appeared. The pallid cuckoos have re- 

 turned in numbers, and several landrails (Hypotaenidia 

 phiUppensis) have been seen and heard. He also drew atten- 

 tion to the great good the white-browed babblers did in the 

 orchards, they being always on the search for codlin lavae and 

 insects. The birds under discussion for the evening were 

 scrub robins (Drymodes), not sufficient specimens were forth- 

 coming to decide upon the various sub-species. Ground wrens 

 (Hylacola), a series of these birds was exhibited, and it was 

 thought that the New South Wales and Victorian birds differ 

 from those from South Australia. The coachwhip bird 

 (Psophodes) was discussed, and there seemed to be a diversity 

 of opinion if the male and the female shared in producing 

 the wonderful swish and crack of the whip. Specimens 

 were shown from the museum collection by the ornithologist 

 (Mr. F. R. Zietz), and from the private collections of Mr. F. 

 Parsons, Mr. Mellor, and Capt. White. 



AUGUST 31st ? 1917. 

 The monthly meeting of the South Australian Ornitho- 

 logical Association was held on Friday evening, August 31st, 

 in the Royal Society's Rooms. Mr. A. G. Edquist presided. 

 The Chairman read a letter from the Head Tea- 

 cher, Prospect Hill Public School, saying how 

 pleased and honoured the school was having won 

 the silver cup presented by the Association for 

 the best essay on a bird and tree. Capt. W~hite referred to 

 the many water birds which had revisited the Reed Beds this 



