pasted them in a scrapbook of natural 

 htston I was then asscmhluii'. and 

 here they ate to this day. 



Regrettably. 1 did nol attach dales 

 to the articles, but references in 

 IhBrtl suggest lliat thej appeared in 

 December, soon aher the parlv tt 

 turned lo Melbourne, and lh«eA»ni 

 some three months before S, A. 

 White's report on the outing .ippcoed 

 in the Emu. 



In recommending attention to 

 tflBSe writings by anyone adding lo 

 the records ol visits lo Bass Str ut 



Islands, I should mention that twa 



further articles m point. 'Bass Str.,n 

 Islands Excursion" Wl "Cat Island", 

 appeared in the .4ruu.\ soon after- 

 wards. I heir atitho. «W» I W. (later 

 Sir James I Barrel!, who had led fl 

 patty of LJ, incluiliug 10 medical 

 men. on a Irip lhal began on I .Ian 

 I "00. and which was carried out in 

 the Ifawttat*. the vessel used lor the 

 ( imirhologisis' Union expedition. 



There arc many informative obser 

 MtiOIlS "t both of Barrett's at tides. 

 FUltabtj in relation to the g.mtiels Of 

 Cat Island, then estimated at about 

 -40110 birds- -a shatp contrast with the 

 unhappy situation uow ohtainitm. 



Moreover, alongside the live articles 

 mentioned above, my scrapbook pre- 



sents another tnlonnalive Atfa I 

 lealure: one dealing with the tlu-,, 

 mwlv established reserv si ion nn \\ , 

 son's Promontory. Funded IK ( 

 Promontory Park: a National Sane \ 

 tnary", il carries the initials "l.S.H' 1 

 ( proh.ihly indicating the geologist J 

 F S. Mailt, and m the course of j 

 general tevtew of the area it SWS 

 roundly, " I bci'c is no pan of Jlie | 

 Vieiorittn coast that approaches thi 



p«t noniorj m beauty ", 



Perhaps I should add. too. thai 

 anotlict cutting in this seel ion ol im 

 venerable scrapbook. one dated 

 Oc-i.ber. IW), is I) Vlelbouttte Ihr 

 ,,UI reput lhal opens with this sen 

 leiiee. 



"Bird Ony was celebrated tor (Ik 

 li-st tin c in Victoria bv Ihc children 

 attending the Stale schools toda< 

 i|-'iiday) '. Sponsors .if tht obser- 

 vance \we the Ornithologists' Union, 

 the Mud Observers' Club. I he 1 iel.1 

 Naturalists" Club, and the Gouki 

 league ot Bird lovers 



Further details icgai cling Iffy 

 historic celebration mav he loiind in 

 ID anicle enlilled "Fit'sl Bird IT., 

 in Iht* Commonwealth' bv II \\ 

 Wilson, published in ihe Stall IB 

 Ian IV10 



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