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August, 1926 
Many rare paintingrs and draAvings of birds also were' 
depicted. 
A A^ote of thanks to the lecturer AA'as carried on the 
motion of Mr. G. H. Barker, seconded by Mr. D. A. 
Herbert. 
Mr. G. H. Barker dreAA' attention to the wdiolesale 
destruction if bird-life on Oyster (^ay (Michaelmas Reef) 
a few miles from Gairtis. and mentioned that a moA’e- 
ment AA'as on foot to try and get some measure of pro- 
tection for the birds. lie tnoA'cd that the (Tub support 
any efforts in this direction. 
0 
ADDRESS TO MEMBERS OF THE QUEENSLAND 
NATURALISTS’ CLUB. 
By W. B. Alexander, M.A. 
(Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Queensland 
Naturalists’ Club, 22nd Feb.. 1926.) 
I^adies and Gentlemen,— 
1 regret that circumstances i)reA'ent me from being ■ 
present at the Annual Meeting of the Club in order that 
I might compleTo my duties as president for the year by 
delivering an address and welcoming my successor to 
the chair. T expect, JioAvever, that at the date of the 
meeting I shall be someAAdiere in the Pacific Ocean be- 
tAAa^en NeAV Zealand and Panama. Wc may anticii)ate 
that in a few more years the advance of science Avill 
make it possible for one so situated to deliver an address 
by Avireless in Brisbane, and perhaps eve'n to be seen 
by bis audience. Tf so, science will have gone-fai" to solve 
the su])posed impossibility of being in tAVO places at the 
same time. Undei- present cireumstances, however, 1 
must still avail myself of the old-fashioned method of 
committing my thoughts to paper. 
Tt is less than five years since 1 arrived In Queens- 
land, and became a member of the Naturalists^ Club, 
so that T cannot claim more than a A^ery su])erficial 
knoAvledge of the natural history of the State. Tt has 
been my fortune, hoAvever, to travel someAvhat ex- 
tensively in tlie Southern and Central portions of the 
State during these years, and I have recently had the* 
opportunity to A’isit localities so far apart as Cairns in 
the North and tlie Lamington National Park, on the- 
