(447'0r<i.,. M., 
Cl)c Queensland naturalist. 
JOURNAL OF THE OUEENSLAM) NATUtOALISTS’ CLUB 
AND nature-lovers’ LEAGUE. 
VoL. V. January, 1926 Xo. 4. 
proceedings. 
October — November, 1925. 
EVENING MEETING, 19tli OCTOBEK.— Tiie Presi- 
dent (Mr. W. B. Alexander) oeenpied the chair, Mr. C. T. 
^ White (Government Botanist) gave a brief report on an 
f excursion to Sunnybank. The principal business of the 
evening Avas the screening of a number of lantern slides 
of bird life from photographs taken on Alice Downs 
station. Central (Queensland, by Mr. D. W. Gaukrodger. 
Mr. Gaukrodger remarked that the area Avas one Avith a 
very rich avifauna. He observed as many as 140 species 
of birds diAring a year of residence there. Among the 
slides Avere unique ])hotographs of brolgas, i)urple backed 
Avren, Australian bustard, reed Avarblers, peaceful dove, 
black-backed Avren, Avhite-f rented heron, and a A'eiy fine 
series of tlie spotted boAver bird, nests, young, and play- 
ing boAvers. Mr. W. B. Alexander exhibited a number 
of objects from the boAvers of the satin boAver bird, and 
spotted boAver bird respectivelj^- A marked feature Avas 
that the objects from the playing grounds of the former 
Avere blue, and those from the playing ground of the latter 
green and Avhite. Mr. J. E. Young described the play- 
ing ground, and boAver of a northern species of boAver 
bird, AAUiich he had seen on Cape York Peninsula. In this 
ease the bird decorated its boAver Avith green berries, and 
the green capsules of the bloodwood (eucalyptus corym- 
bosa). When the capsules became dry and broAAm they 
were discarded, and fresh ones gathered. 
A number of preserved specimens of aatW flowers 
from Western Australia Avere forwarded for exhibition 
by ]\Iiss Allum, of Perth. The specimens were commented 
upon by Mr. D. A. Herbert. Mr. H. A. Longman exhibit- 
ed on behalf of Mr.s. W. M: Mayo, one of the plates of the 
plastron of a turtle. The speeimen Avas picked up in 
Moreton Bay, and probably came from the green turtle. 
Mr. J- E. Young exhibited a speeimen of a black snake 
