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March 16, 1920— Mr. A. H. Elston, F.E.S., ''Some 

 Injurious Insects"; Mr. A. G. Edquist, "The Nature and 

 Formation of Fossil Remains." 



April 20, 1920— Captain S. A. White, C.M.B.O:U., 

 "Trip to Bunya Mountains, Queensland." 



May 25, 1920— Mr. E. Ashby, M.B.O.U., "American 

 Birds at Home." 



June 15, 1920— Mr. W. Gill, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., "Forest 

 Scenes." 



July 20, 1920— Mr. J. F. Bailey, "Australian Ferns"; 

 Mr. W. J. Kimber, "Bivalve Molluscs." 



August 17, 1920— Mr. H. M. Hale, "Defensive Devices 

 of Fishes." 



August 31, 1920— Dr. R. H. Pulleine, "Tasmanian 

 Scenes." 



Exhibits. — During the year a fair number of exhibits 

 have been tabled and named, comprising most of the branches 

 of natural history. Tlie exhibits always give an added 

 interest to our meetings, but a greater number would be 

 welcome. Anything of interest to Field Naturalists could be 

 brought, and there are competent experts on the various 

 subjects who would willingly name and describe the exhibit. 

 The Secretary will be glad to receive with each exhibit the 

 name of the exhibitor and the name of the specimen, if known, 

 and locality where obtained, etc., for recording in the 

 Minutes. 



Nature Notes. — Notes would be welcome on such sub- 

 jects as the following: — (1) Opening and closing dates of 

 bird songs, their breeding and migration tin:es, plumage 

 changes, etc. (2) How long certain flowers remain in bloom, 

 when the bark falls from certain Eucalypts, the hosts of the 

 mistletoe (Loranthus, sp.). 



"The S.A. Naturalist." — The fourth number of The 

 S.A. Naturalist, issued in August, completes the first year 

 of its publication. The articles contributed by certain mem- 

 bers have been very interesting and original, and we hope 

 to have many more of them. The branches of natural 

 history dealt with' during the year have been Botany, 

 Entomology, and a General Section. 



We are fortunate in having as editor Dr. C. Fenner, 

 F.G.S., who has had similar experience in a sister State, 

 and we hope that we will be able to have his help in this 

 direction for a long time. 



