THE 
QUEENSLAND NATURALIST 
JOURNAL OF THE QUEENSLAND NATURALISTS’ CLUB 
AND NATURE-LOVERS’ LEAGUE 
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VOL. XI AUGUST 1941 No/*- 
PROCEEDINGS. 
EVENING MEETING, 21st OCTOBER, 1940. 
The chair was occupied by the President (Mr. H. E. 
Young) and 55 members were present. Misses North, Old- 
field and Stark were elected members of the Club. Mr. J. 
E. Young gave a report on the birds seen in the excursion 
to the Sandgate Lagoons; these included the lesser golden 
plover, sand-piper, stilt, jacana, black swan and blue- 
billed duck. The principal business of the meeting was a 
lecture by Mrs. H. Curtis on the “ Birds of Tamborine 
Mountain.” Mrs. Curtis, who is a keen photographer and 
widely known in natural history circles for her knowledge 
of the wild life of the mountain, illustrated her remarks 
by a very fine series of lantern slides. Exhibits were tabled 
by Messrs. J. E. Young, II. E. Young and C. T. White. 
EVENING MEETING, 18th NOVEMBER, 1940. 
The chair was occupied by the President (Mr. H. E. 
Young) and 47 members were present. Reports on the 
excursion to Mt. Coot-tha were given by Mr. G. H. Barker 
(Birds) and Mr. S. T. Blake (Botany). The principal 
business of the meeting was a lecture by Mr. J. TI. Sim- 
monds on ‘ ‘ Rural Life in the Tropics.” The lecture was 
illustrated by lantern slides from photographs taken by the 
speaker in Egypt, Palestine, India and the Dutch East 
Indies. The rural industries of the various countries were 
vividly described. Several specimens of native orchids in 
flower from plants in his collection were shown by Mr. J. 
E. Young. 
ANNUAL MEETING, 17th FEBRUARY, 1941. 
The chair was occupied by the Vice-President (Mr. J. 
II. Simmonds) and 44 members were present. Mrs. Dafter 
and Miss Harding Frew were elected members. Mr. David 
G. Stead forwarded to the Club’s library a copy of his 
“ Giants and Pigmies of the Deep” and offered a number 
of copies free to members who made application. The 
