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The Queensland Naturalist January, 1938 
EVENING MEETING, MONDAY, 18th OCTOBER, 
1937. — The chair was occupied by the President, Dr. W. 
H. Bryan, and fifty-seven members were present. Re- 
ports on .the excursion to Castra were given by Dr. E. 0. 
Marks and Dr. W. H. Bryan (Geology), and Mr. C. T. 
White (Botany) and Miss E. N. Baird (Birds). The 
President extended a hearty welcome to visiting members 
of the Royal Australian Ornithologists’ Union who were 
present. Miss Wigan, of the Union and of the Bird Ob- 
servers’ Club of Victoria, gave a lecture on the lyre bird, 
and showed lantern slides taken by Mr. Tom Tregellas 
of the lyre bird in its home. Mr. Tregellas for seventeen 
years spent week-ends and holidays in a hollow log 
which he called “Menura Log” to study and photograph 
the birds in their natural habitat. A series of pictures 
showing bird life at Moree observed on the location 
of the union’s camp there was also shown. A gramo- 
phone record of the song of the lyre bird was 
played. Exhibits were shown by Mr. J. E. Young (speci- 
mens of a number of Northern and Central Queensland 
birds), Miss Wigan (land shells from the Lamington 
National Park), and Mr. Ken Jackson (specimens of 
columnar basalt). 
EVENING MEETING, MONDAY, 15th NOVEM- 
BER, 1937. — The chair was occupied by the President 
Dr. W. II. Bryan, and fifty-five members were present. 
An appeal by the purchase of literature and moral sup- 
port in every way for the protection of the Koala was 
read from Mr. Noel Burnett, of Koala Park, Sydney. 
Reports on the excursion to Lone Pine were given by 
Dr. E. 0. Marks (Geology), Mr. S. T. Blake (Botany) and 
Mr. J. E. Young (Birds and Animals in the Lone Pine 
Zoo). A lecture on a recent visit to Europe and illustra- 
ted by a very fine series of lantern slides was given by 
Mr. j. Nebe. Mr. J. E. Young showed specimens in 
flower of a rare orchid (Liparis Simmondsii), Mr. K. 
Jackson showed specimens of stone axe-heads, and Miss 
Clark various natural history specimens. 
SHIELD FERNS:— THE GENUS POLYSTICHUM 
IN AUSTRALIA. 
By 0. A. GOY, Botanic Museum and Herbarium , Brisbane. 
In the old method of fern classification as outlined 
in Bentham and Mueller’s “Flora Australiensis ” and 
