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to be submitted] by me to the Royal Society of South Aus- 

 tralia (Incorporated). 



1 ' Signature 



"Date 



"Note. — If the author so desire, he may strike out the 

 words in brackets." 



(B) That the copy of the By-law sent to each author be 

 accompanied by such suggestions as the Editor may consider 

 necessary for the preparation of manuscripts in such manner 

 as to ensure uniformity of style when printed. 



The By-law and suggestions were unanimously approved. 



Exhibits. — Mr. E. Ashby exhibited the following birds 

 collected on November 1 : — Hallornis (Malurus) cyanotus, 

 Gould, the White-winged Wren, breeding, but with only a 

 few blue feathers, from St. Kilda, South Australia. Also a 

 pair from Leigh Creek for comparison. Geobasilens hedleyi 

 rosinae, Mathews, the allied Buff-rumped Tit, from the 

 samphire flats, St. Kilda, S.A. Sericornis maculata osculans, 

 Gould, the allied Scrub Wren, from the same locality. Also 

 a very rare epiphyte orchid, collected in the Richmond 

 Ranges, Northern New South Wales, three years ago. The 

 flower spray, about 3J inches across and 8 inches long, con- 

 tained 15 flowers. The locality had not been known, and the 

 plant had been described from the flower only by Bent-ham 

 as Sarcochilus divitiflorus. 



Paper. — "The Woworra Tribe of North-western Aus- 

 tralia, with Grammar and Vocabulary," by J. R. B. Love; 

 communicated by Edwin Ashby, M.B.O.U. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 13, 1916. 



The President (J. C. Verco, M.D., F.R.C.S.) in the 

 chair. 



The President referred to the death of the Right 

 Honourable Sir Samuel J. Way, Chief Justice. He was a 

 member of the Adelaide Philosophical Society, to which he 

 was elected in 1859, and so became a Fellow of the Royal 

 Society of South Australia when, twenty years later, the 

 former was changed into the latter. He occupied the posi- 

 tion of President from October, 1880, to October, 1882, and 

 for nearly fifty-seven years he gave us the countenance of 

 his membership and the financial help of his subscriptions, 



