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Volvatella, was secured, this being the first occasion on which 

 a specimen of this genus has been taken in South Australian 

 waters. The species has not yet been determined, and is 

 probably new to science. 



On March 10, 1917, a large number of members travelled 

 to the Waterworks Reserve at Clarendon, under the leadership 

 of Capt. S. A. White. Many species of native birds were 

 observed in their native haunts, and the leader gave a short 

 lecture on some of the most interesting of South Australian 

 wild birds, illustrating his remarks by a number of skins 

 which he had secured from Central Australia and elsewhere, 

 chiefly those of the robins found in Australia. The Experi- 

 mental Orchard at Blackwood was also visited by the section. 

 The members were shown over the orchard by Mr. G. Quinn, 

 Instructor in Horticulture, and the Manager, Mr. C. Savage. 

 These officers described the plan of the orchard and, gave 

 particulars of some of the experiments then in progress. 



On April 21, 1917, Professor Osborn led a numerous 

 party across LeFevre Peninsula from the coast to the river. 

 The leader dealt, in turn, with the principal points in the 

 botany of the shore, the sand-dunes, the plains, the swamps, 

 and the mangrove flats, comparing the adaptations of the 

 different societies of plants to their varying environments. 



Staff-Sergt. Riddle led a party through the Brighton 

 cement works on May 5, 1917, when the members were able 

 to inspect the quarries from which the raw material was 

 taken, and thence to follow the whole process of manufacture 

 to the finished article. 



On May 7, 1917, a large number of members travelled 

 by train to Port Noarlunga under the leadership of Mr. W. J. 

 Kimber. The members were able to secure a number of 

 fossils from the tertiary cliffs and to gather a harvest of 

 interesting shells, sponges, fish, etc., on the shore. The 

 leader dealt interestingly with the material collected. The 

 botany of the sand-dunes, near the mouth of the River 

 Onkaparinga, was also investigated. 



A visit to the Museum was made on May 19, 1917, when 

 the Director (Mr. Edgar R. Waite, F.L.S.) addressed the 

 members and showed them through the new Australian W T ing 

 of the Museum. 



The inclemency of the weather on June 4, 1917, pre- 

 vented the party from carrying out the original intention of 

 visiting the aboriginal caves on the Para River. A trip was 

 made to Gawler, where the party inspected the Gawler 

 Institute and examined the Museum under the guidance of 

 Mr. F. R. Zietz. 



