THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNALOF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE. LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
VOL IX APRIL, 1934 No. 2 
PROCEEDINGS. 
ANNUAL MEETING, MONDAY, 27th February, 
1934. — The Chair was occupied by the President, Mr. F. 
A. Perkins, and thirty-eight members and visitors were 
present. A short report on the excursion to Lone Pine 
was given by Mr. J. E. Young. Mr. N. Jack gave a list 
of the birds seen and heard. The Annual Report and fin- 
ancial statement were read and adopted. Election of 
officers for the year 1934 resulted as set forth in the 
inside cover of this issue. The retiring President, Mr. F. 
A. Perkins, gave an interesting address on “ Entomology 
for Queensland Naturalists. ’ ’ Exhibits included : — (1 ) 
Wild Flowers from Tasmania, by Miss Williams; (2) In- 
sects by Mrs. Williams; (3) Fungus specimens by Mr. N. 
Jack; (4) Photographs by Mr. J. Nebe; (5) Catfish eggs, 
by Dr. Mallaher; (6) Geological specimens, by Mr. K. 
Jackson. 
EVENING MEETING, Monday, 19th March. — The 
President, Mr. E. W. Bick, occupied the Chair. A general 
report on the excursion to Nudgee was given by the Hon- 
orary Secretary, Miss E. E. Baird. Mr. N. Jack read a 
list of the birds seen and heard. The report was commented 
on by Mr. J. CUN. Brenan, Mr. G. H. Barker and Dr. D. 
A. Herbert. Mr. Brenan remarked that he was inter- 
ested in the Snipe, as he had had a good deal of experi- 
ence with this bird. He noticed that on its first arrival 
the bird weighted 4 ozs., but when ready to depart on its 
long flight to Japan it weighed 11. Dr. Herbert said that 
Snipe passed over the Philippine Islands but he had no 
definite information about their landing there, though he 
thought they did. Mr. J. E. Young read a paper on the 
birds of the Bunya Mountains. Mr. J. E. Nebe showed 
photographs of— (1) Mt. Edward gorge; (2) Natural 
grafts in sugar-cane Angophora; (3) Yellow wood re- 
grown in paddocks; (4) Astronomical studies. Dr. E. 0. 
Marks showed photographs of mud springs in Western 
Queensland in the neighbourhood of Eulo, and big sand- 
hills on Thylungra station, between Quilpie and Adavale, 
Western Queensland. General exhibits included two 
volumes on the history of British birds by T. Bewick, pub- 
lished in 1805 ; of an aboriginal grinding stone by Mr. 
K. Jacksonr of photographs of the National Park by Mr. 
