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  " 
  2. 
  A 
  small 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  leaf 
  was 
  placed 
  5 
  mm. 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  

   leading 
  caterpillars 
  in 
  a 
  line 
  ; 
  they 
  became 
  at 
  once 
  restless, 
  and 
  

   ''broke 
  rank"; 
  in 
  four 
  minutes 
  two 
  (not 
  the 
  leader) 
  had 
  reached 
  

   the 
  leaf. 
  

  

  " 
  3. 
  A 
  piece 
  of 
  leaf 
  was 
  placed 
  15 
  mm. 
  from 
  a 
  group 
  — 
  nothing 
  

   happened 
  ; 
  the 
  leaf 
  was 
  moved 
  to 
  10 
  mm. 
  and 
  left 
  for 
  ten 
  minutes 
  — 
  

   nothing 
  occurred; 
  moved 
  to 
  distance 
  of 
  5 
  mm. 
  from 
  caterpillars, 
  and 
  

   all 
  still 
  remained 
  quiet. 
  I 
  now 
  moved 
  the 
  leaf 
  to 
  3 
  mm. 
  away 
  ; 
  one 
  

   immediately 
  came 
  out, 
  touched 
  the 
  leaf, 
  and 
  returned 
  to 
  its 
  original 
  

   position 
  ; 
  in 
  thirty 
  seconds 
  another 
  came 
  out, 
  touched 
  the 
  leaf, 
  and 
  

   returned. 
  

  

  " 
  4. 
  A 
  piece 
  of 
  leaf 
  was 
  placed 
  5 
  mm. 
  from 
  group 
  ; 
  two 
  came 
  out, 
  

   touched 
  it, 
  and 
  returned." 
  

  

  Madison, 
  February, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Ornithologists' 
  Union 
  for 
  South 
  Africa 
  : 
  a 
  Successful 
  Start. 
  — 
  

   " 
  At 
  six 
  o'clock 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  gentlemen 
  met 
  in 
  the 
  Normal 
  School, 
  

   Pretoria, 
  in 
  response 
  to 
  a 
  circular 
  letter 
  issued 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Haagner. 
  

   The 
  object 
  of 
  the 
  gathering 
  was 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  Ornitbological 
  Union 
  for 
  

   South 
  Africa, 
  and 
  the 
  attendance, 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  letters 
  received 
  on 
  the 
  

   subject, 
  proved 
  that 
  the 
  time 
  was 
  a 
  most 
  opportune 
  one. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Sclater, 
  M.A., 
  F.Z.S., 
  presided, 
  and 
  representatives 
  

   from 
  all 
  the 
  South 
  African 
  Colonies 
  were 
  present. 
  Mr. 
  Sclater 
  opened 
  

   the 
  proceedings 
  by 
  calling 
  upon 
  Mr. 
  Haagner 
  to 
  read 
  his 
  report 
  on 
  

   what 
  had 
  been 
  done. 
  The 
  report 
  showed 
  that 
  forty 
  gentlemen 
  in- 
  

   terested 
  in 
  the 
  subject 
  had 
  sent 
  in 
  their 
  names. 
  These 
  were 
  divided 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  Colonies 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Transvaal, 
  twenty-one 
  ; 
  Cape 
  Colony, 
  

   twelve 
  ; 
  Xatal, 
  four 
  ; 
  Orange 
  River 
  Colony, 
  two 
  ; 
  Rhodesia, 
  one. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Gunning, 
  F.Z.S., 
  proposed 
  that 
  an 
  Ornithologists' 
  Union 
  for 
  

   South 
  Africa 
  be 
  formed, 
  and 
  that 
  a 
  committee 
  be 
  appointed 
  to 
  draw 
  

   up 
  rules, 
  and 
  to 
  inquire 
  into 
  and 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  pub- 
  

   lishing 
  a 
  journal. 
  This 
  was 
  seconded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Bucknill, 
  M.A., 
  of 
  

   Pretoria, 
  and 
  carried 
  unanimously. 
  

  

  The 
  Committee 
  elected 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  L. 
  Sclater, 
  M.A., 
  

   F.Z.S. 
  (Director, 
  South 
  African 
  Museum, 
  Capetown) 
  ; 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  B. 
  

   Gunning, 
  F.Z.S. 
  (Director, 
  Transvaal 
  Museum 
  and 
  Zoological 
  Gar- 
  

   dens, 
  Pretoria) 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Bucknill, 
  M.A., 
  Pretoria 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  D. 
  Millar, 
  

   Durban 
  ; 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Macdonald 
  (Editor, 
  ' 
  Transvaal 
  Agricultural 
  Journal 
  '), 
  

   Pretoria; 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  A. 
  Alexander, 
  F.R.S. 
  Edin., 
  Johannesburg; 
  and 
  

   Mr. 
  A. 
  K. 
  Haagner, 
  M.B.O.U., 
  Modderfontein, 
  Hon. 
  Sec. 
  pro 
  tern. 
  It 
  

   was 
  decided 
  to 
  leave 
  the 
  framing 
  of 
  rules 
  and 
  election 
  of 
  officers 
  to 
  a 
  

   subsequent 
  meeting. 
  

  

  