Official Checklist of Australian Birds 
(Second Edition). 
ROYAL AUSTRALASIAN ORNITHOLOGISTS 
UNION. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 
The Committee charged with the preparation of the second edition 
of the Official Checklist of the Birds of Australia was elected, by a 
vote of members, in 1915 after the receipt of the Second Edition of the 
List of British Birds. The committee comprised the following: — 
Mr. C. Barrett, C.M.Z.S. 
Mr. A. J. Campbell, O.M.B.O.U. 
Mr. R. Hall, C.M.B.O.U. 
Mr. A. F. Basset Hull, C.F.A.O.TJ. 
Dr. J. A. Leach, C.M.B.O.U. 
Colonel Legge, C.M.B.O.U. 
Mr. W. H. D. LeSouef, C.M.Z.S. 
Dr. W. MacGillivray, C.F.A.O.IT. 
Mr. G. M. Mathews, F.R.S.E. 
Mr. A. II. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S. 
Mr. H. L. White, C.F.A.O.U. 
Captain S. A. White, C.M.B.O.U. 
Mr W. B. Alexander, M.A., C.F.A.O.U., was elected ia 1918 to fill 
the vacancy caused by the death of Colonel Legge. 
The Committee was subsequently increased on the suggestion of 
Queensland members in 1919, by the addition of Mr. A. H. Chisholm, 
C.F.A.O.U. f ;' . 
rwiim the preparation of the list the services of the late general 
rotary of the R.A.O.U., Mr. W. II. D. LeSouef, C.M.Z.S., were lost 
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„ v death, and those of Mr. A. F. Basset Hull, C.F.A.O.U., by resignation. 
* While the war continued all efforts were thrown into the National 
cause and work on the Checklist was suspended. 
At the first Annual Congress after the war (Brisbane, 1919) the 
Committee was instructed to proceed with the preparation of the list. 
