JOl'K. Hov. ^'oc. Westekx Ai'stkalja, \'ol. XII. 
.rrin 
in Wt'sterii riiited ^^tates of Amoriea lias recently lieeii 
reported to tlu' exhibitor liy Mr. ( M. Hnteliinson, Impei'ial Bae^ 
teriologist in Imlia. 
March, 1926. 
Mr. D. L. SKH\'KXT\' — -A specimen of the oriental Dottrel 
{('liai'adi'ins rrr(<!i(s, (loiil'l). ■which lie took at Lake Jandakot on 
.lanmirv 14, 1926. The ('xliilntor mentioned that this appeared to 
l)c the first record of the sjiecies from the South-'west of the Htate, 
none apparently liavin^’ been oliservml or collected further south than 
I’t. Cloates. Tlu‘ liird. lie })ointed out, was stated to breed in S.E. 
Mon^olio. thouii'li tlie nest and e^’g's -were yet unkno-wn to science. 
Three memliers of its ”'enus, however, wen* permanent residents of, 
and breil in tlu' State — th Black fronted Dottrel (C. mchuwps, 
\'ieillot). the Red-cap]ied Bottreji (C. nificapilhis Temminck et 
I>au<i'ier), and the Hooded Dottrel {('. cucullatvs, Vieillot). 
Mr. (i. A. SHTTOX — Dour varieties of ^vlleat. Uluyas Early, 
.\abawa, Men'edin ami ITormice. which were ^Town in Kalj>‘our1ie 
durinjr the ]iast season wlien .449 jioiiits of rain fell during' the 
yaaiwiii^- ])eri(Hl. This i-xhibit is interesting- in that it represents 
wheat from some trial jilots conducted at Kalgoorlie in order to de- 
termine the ])ossibilities of wheat ^rowin^' in that district. The 
:icn‘ yi(‘lds obtained were: — 
Desjiite the low rainfall during' the growing jieriod the grain 
\vas of excellent (juality, and showed no (“ffect of drought conditions. 
It is interesting to note that, apart from a goo<l fall of rain (121 
points) after ])lanting, tlu* falls which occurred up to the time the 
gi'ain matured wen* of a very light nature, the three heaviest being 
•47 ])oiuts on lOtli September, M4 jioints on 20th May, and 41 points 
on ;ii)th June. The other falls were mainly below 10 points. The 
trial is also interesting because, owing to the character of the 
lainfall, it provided an opportunity to study the drought resistanci* 
of the different varieties, which showi'd that the two highest yielding 
vai'ietii's, i.e., (Huyas Early and Xabawa. have the charact(‘r of 
(bought resistance to a considerable extent. The ground for these 
trials c(mld not be pr<*])ared during the usual fallijwing i>eriod of 
Jum*. July and August of the ])ri'C(Mling year. Preparation had to 
be (h'layed until after the first usefid i';(ins, whi<-li f(*ll on the lUth 
Srpteiuln'r of that y(*ar. \ c*i'y useful rains were, howcA'cr, recorde'l 
in the following February, when 344 p(dnts fell. 
Xabawa 
Florence 
Men'(“din 
(diiyas Karly 
Bus. Lb. 
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5 0 
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