4 . 
Field, excursions will be held monthly, details will be 
announced at lectures. 
Book recommended: "Geology for Beginners" by W.W.WATT. 
(O.B.M’s 6/-). 
It is regretted that arrangements can only be 
made to take boys. Applications to join from not less 
than six girls will be considered if this party is ac¬ 
companied by a teacher on field excursions. 
ANSWERS TO QUERIES. 
Pacific Gull (Gabianus pacificus). 
The bird you saw off the coast was probably the Pacific 
Gull, not an albatross. The head and neck is white, 
tail has a'black bar, wings are black, bill is orange 
tipped red, eyes are white, and legs yellow. Its young 
are mottled - brown up to about four years old. They 
eat mostly fish and carrion. 
The Silver Gull is certainly a beautiful bird,but 
his character is anything but beautiful, he is a thief 
and a scavenger, stealing other birds’ eggs and nestl¬ 
ings, and picking up scraps thrown from boats, or on 
the shore. 
Mountain Shrimp . 
This unique little creature (Anaspides tasmaniae), a 
relic of by-gone ages, is plentiful in the mountains, 
nearly every pool and stream contains specimens. Being 
much the same colour as the stones on which they rest 
they are not easy to see, but if a small net is held 
down stream, and someone moves stones higher up, the 
Anaspides will drift down into it - that is, if you 
have any luck. 
Communications should be sent to the 
Hon. Secretary, C/- Sargison’s, Jew¬ 
eller, 21 Elizabeth Street, Hobart. 
