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Hustralian, Mature ist. 
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ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
6th February, 1917.—The usual monthly, meeting was 
held in the Education Building, Mr. A. A. Hamilton (Pre- 
sident) in the chair, and about 60 members present. 
A letter was read from Mr. C. H. Wickham, Hon. 
Juibrarian, resigning his position owing to change of resi- 
dence. Mr. Cheel moved that a letter, expressing the re- 
eret of the members at losing so valued and popular an 
official, be sent to Mr. Wickham. This was seconded by 
Mr. Finckh, and spoken to by several members, and car- 
ried unanimously, 
Miss Bessie Somerville and Mr. R. V. Matthews were 
duly elected members. 
A paper by Mr. HE. E. Larcombe, Trangie, en- 
titled, ‘‘Life History of Apina callisto (Liparide),’’ was 
read by Mr. Froggatt, on behalf of the author. Mr. H. 
i. Finckh contributed an excellent paper on ‘‘Breeding 
Habits of the Burmese Hel (Amphipurus euchia).’? Mr. 
Stead congratulated the author on his observations, and 
remarked that so far as he was aware, this was the first 
record of the breeding of this fish in Australia. 
Mr. W. H. Dudley le Soiief gave what proved an 
extremely interesting lecture, ‘‘“The Nesting Habits of 
Australian Birds.’? The lecture was delivered extempore 
in Mr. le Sotif’s happy chatty manner, and was illustrated 
by a very fine series of lantern slides taken by the lec- 
turer. Many of these, particularly the*opening slide show- 
ing gum-trees growing in a flooded swamp, were technic- 
ally perfect examples of slide production, and were ex- 
tremely beautiful. Mr. le Sotief imparted a great deal of 
valuable information in a manner well adapted to impress 
it on the memory, and at the close of his lecture was 
awarded an enthusiastic vote of thanks, 
