By W. H. Selway. 
75. 
S.A. 
June 
NAT., 
12th, 
VOL. XV. 
1934. 
F 
ORNITHOLOGY. 
The Study of Bird Life has had many followers during the 
Section’s existenc, the first I remember being Dr. W. T. Angove. 
The late Mr. M. Symonds Clark read a paper on “Our Native 
Parrots,” which occupied 18 pages of our “Proceedings” for the 
year 1888-9, and should be useful for reference. Captain S. \. 
White has always been to the fore in advocating the usefulness 
of our native birds from an economic standpoint, whilst the en¬ 
thusiasm of Mr. Edwin Ashby in this department is well known. 
Others who should be mentioned are the late Mr. J. \Y. Mellor, 
the late Mr. A. Zietz and his son. Mr. R. Zietz, and more recently, 
Mr. E. A. Thomas. 
The formation of the Ornithological Association of S.A. 
naturally attracted several of our bird lovers and to some extent 
weakened the Section’s activity in this particular branch of work. 
HERBARIUM COMMITTEE. 
In 1923 a Committee was formed with regard to obtaining 
records of the Geographical distribution of the Native Plants 
from all parts of the State. To do this it was said to be neces¬ 
sary to depend almost entirely on our friends in the country to 
collect specimens and forward them. The idea is to record all 
the plants in the State by collecting them and storing them in an 
herbarium with particulars as to locality, date, collector’s name, 
etc. The herbarium will be available to those interested. 
In the following year’s report (1923-4), it was mentioned that 
an attempt was being made to make a plant survey of our local 
parks and reserves, both of indigenous and naturalised flora. 
In 1929 it was mentioned that this report was prepared and 
ready for publishing when funds permitted. 
This herbarium work is being carried on by a Committee 
under the able leadership of Prof. J. B. Cleland. 
“S.A. NATURALIST” 
One of the most progressive movements made by the Section 
was the decision to start a journal of its own. The proposed 
new enterprise was keenly debated and the question of ways and 
means carefully considered. Eventually, it was thought that by 
increasing the subscription from 5 to 7/6 per annum, it could 
be done. The cost of printing advanced beyond our expectations 
but we have kept the journal going. It is here that the profits 
made by our Wild Flower Shows have come in handy. We were 
