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lively had charge of the Entomological and Ornitl 

 ments. Id August L878, he Bpenl thai month in the F< 

 hillfl of the Strzelecki Ranges in South Gippsiand. The rut!. 

 the Belector and bush-fires had then but hardy touched one i 

 fairest domains, the home of the Giant Pern and towering / 

 the latter ranking among the tallest trees in the world. The localil 

 rich in bird-life, and a fair representative collection of bird-sk 

 was made during this and many Bucceeding visits to the aame d 



sidix and Pycnoptelut floecoatu were amongst the most oommon 

 birds there, and the nest and eggs of the latter Bpeciee were 

 l;i L880 he became one of the original members of The Field Natur 

 Olub of Victoria, and, though absent from thai State foi • 

 eighteen years, still remains an active member. Since 1-7- he hi I 

 corresponding with Dr. E. 1*. Ramsay, Curator o 

 Sydney, from whom he reoeived many valuable hints as to I 

 mode of collecting birds and their eggs, their corn D and 



nomenclature, and the importance of making lull aotee relative to their 

 habits. This information was supplemented by <•-. imens 



from Dr. Ramsay's private collection at Dobroyde. A- intervals, 

 September L886, collecting-trips were made, principally to the Ballara! 

 BOUth-westerD districts of Victoria, South Gippaland, and Western 

 All the sets of egg8 from Victoria and New South Wales sent to thi 

 Mr. 1'hillip Crowley, and now in the British Museum, as well as i 

 ] resented direct to the Trustees of the latter institution. Dally 



taken by him. 



Mr. North then left Victoria, to arrange the Dobroydt 

 Dr. Ramsay, with the further intention of proceeding to ('aims, in North- 



□ Queensland, to join a relative who had spent the t\\ 

 years in that district, and who from time to time had forwarded him 

 specimens of bird-skins, eggs, and insects. It was, however, d< 

 otherwise. After a stay of five months in Sydney, arranging » 



e the Dobroyde collection, and subsequently the collects d 

 eggi in the Australian Museum, he was asked in February 1897 by 

 the Trustees of the latter institution to undertake the preparation 

 Catalogue. This he did, and it was published in L899 under the t 

 " Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests and Egga of Birds found breeding in 

 Australia and Tasmania." hater on he was appointed t«> 

 Curator, Dr. Ramsay, principally in the preparation of thi 

 Australian Birds in the Australian Museum." In company with l>r. 

 Ramsay, collecting-expeditions were made to different parts or the E 

 In addition to obtaining birds and eggs, in 1888 he made large i 

 of Silurian fossils at Lilydale, and Tertiary foes U at Ifud . • 

 Schnapper Point, Victoria, ami in the followii 

 ferous t-ssils at Gerringong and Crooked w South \\ 



the 1th August, 1891, he was appointed to the position he DOW hoi 

 Ornithologist, iti the Australian Museum. In 1896 7 he 



inland plains between Narrabri and Moree, and northwai 

 bourhood <>t' the Queensland border, making a collection of I 



. | short trip being made in the foil 



Clarence River District 



Bifi official duties keeping him for the most part in town, 

 a for residence outlying suburbs, when 

 thoroughly acquainted with the habits and nidii 

 and, wnere possible, has Btudied the lite history ol i 

 jpent at Dobroyde and Ashfield, four dk n 



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