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L 1st July 
Obituary 
John Cross, B.A., Hon. Sec., k.A.O.U. 
The K.A.O.U. has suffered a sad loss in the unexpected death 
of the Hon. Gen. Sec., Mr. John Cross, I3.A. Mr. Cross, a true 
lover of nature, birds, and all that was pure and good, though 
a member of some years’ standing, took office only last year, on 
his retirement from the position of Senior Inspector of schools. 
He conducted the business of the Tasmanian Annual Congress 
in fine style. 
He took ill in church on Sunday, was operated on at midnight, 
but sank and died at 7 a.m. on Monday, June 23rd, His place 
will indeed be difficult to fill. 
One of the best and most lovable of men. 
Notes 
Latest advice from Queensland members, in whose hands the 
arrangements have been placed, fixes the week beginning October 
13th for the Congress. The party will leave Brisbane on Mon¬ 
day, October 13th. The Congress will begin at Rockhampton 
on October 15th, the chair being taken by His Excellency the 
Governor of Queensland, Sir Matthew Nathan. Members who 
intend to be present should notify the Secretary in order that 
notice of the final arrangements may be sent to them later. The 
camp-out is proposed for Keppel Island and Yeppoon. 
“Journey to Central Australia,” by F. E. Whitlock, The limn, 
XXIII., page 248. Specimens of the following species, not indi¬ 
cated by a dagger (see footnote, page 254) were obtained:— 
Lophophaps plumifera leucogaster, Barnardius sonarins occiden- 
talis, Psephotus varius, Aphclocephala castaneiventris, Megctlurus 
tjramineus , Lcicustroica whitei, Stigmatops indistincta, Meliphaga 
peuicillata, Clilamydera guttata , and Corvus cecilae. 
The suggestion has been made and approved by the Council 
of the K.A.O.U., that the Eyre-bird should be introduced into 
Tasmania, where it would be free from molestation by foxes. It 
E also thought desirable that Victorian birds be obtained, as the 
difficulties of transport and acclimatisation would be less serious. 
Members suitably situated are asked to communicate with the 
Secretary if they consider that they would be able to procure a 
pair or two of the birds, unharmed, for the purpose mentioned. 
We are pleased to note the election of Gregory M. Mathews, 
R.A.O.U. as Vice-President, British Ornithologists’ Union. 
Mr. Robert Hall, C.M.B.O.U., Sometime President R.A.O.U., 
has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the American Ornitholo¬ 
gists’ Union, and Mr. W. R. Oliver, of Wellington, N.Z., has been 
elected a Corresponding Fellow. 
The Date of Publication was July 4th, 1924. 
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