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passed through Parliament the "Flinders Chase Act," estab- 

 lishing such a reserve in the western portion of Kangaroo 

 Island under the control of a Board on which this Society 

 and the University of Adelaide are rep resented. 



The President reported that the Council had made to 

 Mr. F. R. Mars ton a grant in aid of research into the possi- 

 bility of obtaining from azine precipitates samples of the pure 

 proteolytic enzymes. 



Exhibits. — Dr. Pulleine, pro Mr. C. E. May, exhibited 

 from near Pine Creek, Northern Territory, native copper in 

 the form of large shot; gypsum crystals with inclusion 

 resembling moss and also included bubbles ; and from Darwin 

 a rare shell f Valuta bednalli). Dr. J. B. Cleland exhibited 

 a specimen of Loranthus exocarpi, Behr., parasitic on 

 Loranthus pendulus, Sieber, the latter growing on Eucalyptus 

 odwata, F. v. M., in Beaumont Common. The latter Loranth 

 has been growing for twenty years or more, but has only 

 recently been infected by the first-named. The first-named 

 has, however, been growing on an oleander near by for very 

 many years, and from this source, probably, has been dis- 

 tributed to a number of cultivated olive trees. A second 

 instance of Loranthus linophyllus growing on L. pendulus has 

 been seen near Clarendon. Also a bird's nest, decorated with 

 wild flowers which had been worked into the lining and 

 especially the entrance. The flowers, consisting of three spider 

 orchids (Caladenia dilatata, R. Br.), a number of white ever- 

 lastings (Helichrysum Baxteri, F. v. M.), and several heads 

 of a brownish rush-like plant (Luzula campestris, Dec.) were 

 quite fresh when the nest was found, having obviously been 

 gathered that morning or the evening before. The birds had. 

 evidently exercised selection in their choice of material, hav- 

 ing chosen the spider-like yellow-brown and purple orchids and 

 the brownish rush-like heads, though these plants were not 

 nearly so abundant as some others, for example a striking 

 blue orchid. The nest was found at Clarendon on October 13, 

 being empty of contents. Its original builder was Pomator- 

 kinus superciliosus, Vig. and Horsf., but the old nest had been 

 taken possession of, Dr. Morgan suggests, by the finch 

 Stagonopleura guttata (Shaw). Prof. Cleland was indebted 

 to Mr. J. M. Black and Dr. Rogers for the identification of 

 the species referred to. Capt. S. A. White exhibited a native 

 skeleton recently ploughed up at the Reedbeds, showing 

 mended fractures of leg and arm bones; also the pear-shaped 

 fruit of a Western Australian Hakea, and the curious black 

 "kangaroo paw" flower. Mr. A. M. Lea exhibited a col- 

 lection of insects made by Mr. F. Parsons in the north-east 

 corner of the State, and another by Mr. H. M. Hale in the 



