Che Queensland naturalist. 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE. 
VOL. III. 
April, 1922 
Xo. 4. 
PROCEEDINGS. 
January to March, 1922. 
March 6. — This occasion marked the first combined 
meeting of the Queensland Naturalists’ Club and the Gould 
League of Bird Lovers, members of both bodies having 
voted in favour of the two bodies working in conjunction 
under the names of the Queensland Naturalists’ Club and 
Nature-Lovers’ League. The meeting was also the annual 
meeting of both bodies, the retiring President of which 
(Mr. A. H. Chisholm) presided at the outset and welcomed 
His Excellency the Governor (Sir Matthew Nathan), who, 
as Patron, took the chair. 
Speaking in reference to the broadening of the aspects 
of the two societies, the Governor said: 4 ‘Just as one loves 
the birds the better in their natural surroundings — animate 
and inanimate — so will the enjoyment of studying them 
be increased by studying these surroundings at the same 
time.” His Excellency went on to say that the pleasurable 
excitement of going to a new country was enhanced if it 
was one with new flora and fauna, and he had derived 
great pleasure, when journeying about Queensland, from 
trying to pick up some knowledge of the different trees, 
flowers, grasses, animals, and birds. The Governor spoke 
of his experiences in other lands, and made some breezy 
comments on the animals and larger birds of Australia. 
“While,” he added, “like every other newcomer, I have 
got to know a few of the bigger birds, I am hoping always 
to increase my knowledge in the same way that I have 
acquired the little I have — going about the country on the 
lookout for something alive, and taking advantage of the 
science of the birdlovers whom I meet.” 
The annual reports and financial statements of both 
bodies, tendered separately, showed a healthy condition of 
affairs, and they were adopted, together with a motion 
associating the two bodies. It was pointed out that the 
scope of the Birdlovers’ League has been widened, and 
