Volume 21, Part 1. May 29, 1953 List of Members  pp. 2-5. Notes on Spotless Crake (Porzana plumbea)   H.J. Morton p. 5. Further remarks on the Cracticidae  H.J. Morton pp. 6-7. Notes on Black-capped Sitella  J. Neil McGilp pp. 8-10. Cassowary-horn native ornament from Arnhem Land  Norman B. Tindale p. 11. Pomatorhine Skua in St. Vincent’s Gulf  J.A.R. Miles p. 12. Peregrine Falcon on Kangaroo Island  J.A.R. Miles  p. 12. Bird notes  Brian Glover p. 12. Volume 21, Parts 2-3, June 25, 1954 Obituary – Samuel Ernest Terrill (1876-1953)  C.E. Rix…

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Volume 20, Part 1. January 2, 1951 Southern range of Little Crow in South Australia  E.F. Boehm p. 2. Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)  B. Glover p. 2. Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)  A.O. Crompton p. 2. Red-kneed Dotterel (Erythrogonys cinctus)  R.W. McKechnie p. 2. Double-banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus)  B. Glover p. 2. Further notes on some birds seen upon islands of the Eyre Peninsula coasts, South Australia, with remarks on the soil erosion of North Gambier Island  H.H. Finlayson pp. 3-5. Bar-tailed Godwits and other waders  Brian Glover p. 5. Notes on…

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Volume 19, Part 1. April 1948 (Published June 19, 1948) The introduced Grenadier Weaver or Red Bishop-bird (Pyromelana orix) H.T. Condon p. 1. A further report on the introduced Grenadier Weaver (Pyromelana orix) Allen H. Lendon p. 2. Bird notes from Wilmington Tom Brandon pp. 3-5. A further record of the Pink Robin in South Australia (Petroica rodinogaster) D.A.G. Thomas p. 5. Report on a visit to the Pelican Islands in the Coorong H.T. Condon and S.E. Terrill pp. 6-7, 10. Birds and grasshoppers [T. Brandon; H.T. Condon; F. Basse;…

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Volume XVIII, Part 1. March 1946 Bird notes Starlings eating earthworms S.E. Terrill p. 1. Restless Flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) L.S. Francis p. 1. Cuckoos A.O. Crompton; S.E. Terrill p. 1. Sparrows (Passer domesticus) building in winter J.B. Cleland p. 1. Wedge-tailed Eagle (Uroaetus audax) attacked by five Kestrels (Falco cenchroides) J.B. Cleland p. 1. Birds at Encounter Bay J.B. Cleland p. 1. Flesh-footed Shearwater (Puffinus carneipes) J.B. Cleland p. 1. Willie Wagtail (Rhipdura leucophrys) attacking chickens M.J. Walter p. 1. Shell Parrots (Melopsittacus undulatus) Dr. A. Lendon; C.E. Rix p….

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Volume XVII, Part 1. March, 1944 Bird notes Birds at Salisbury and Dry Creek A.O. Crompton p. 1. Black-shouldered Kite S.A. White p. 1. White-eyed Ducks S.A. White p. 1. Water-Birds between Wellington and Milang J.N. McGilp p. 1. Welcome Swallows in Far North H.E.A. Jarman p. 1. Birds at Port Wakefield, St. Kilda, and Fulham J. White p. 1. Birds Nesting Within the City of Adelaide E.S. Paterson p. 1. Dacelo and Galahs Nesting Together O. Fuller p. 1. Cuckoos’ Eggs J.N. McGilp p. 1. Bulbul in Adelaide A….

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Volume XVI, Part 1. February, 1942 Bird notes  Encounter Bay notes J.B. Cleland  Budgerygah (Melopsittacus undulatus) [Prof. J.B. Cleland; L.S. Francis; A.O. Crompton; S.E. Terrill; C.E. Rix; H.T. Condon; Dr. E.A. Johnson] p. 2.  White-necked Heron (Notophoyx pacifica) J.B. Cleland p. 2.  Horsfield Bushlark (Mirafra javanica) Dr. E. Angas Johnson p. 2.  Horsfield Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) Dr. E. A. Johnson p. 2. Obituary [Hon. Sir George J.R. Murray, K.C.M.G.] p. 3. Seed pellets of crows as food for natives H.T. Condon p. 3. The Ground Parrot Pezoporus wallicus in…

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Volume XV, Part 1. January, 1939 Obituary and bibliography of John Sutton (1866-1938) pp. 2-7. The ages of birds H.T. Condon pp. 7-13. Further notes from Kangaroo Island. A.F.C. Lashmar p. 13. Black-shouldered Kite attacks man L.S. Francis p. 14. Bird notes Nests found in October, 1938. R.F. Brown and Warren B. Hitchcock pp. 14-15. White-browed Wood-Swallows (Artamus superciliosus) H. Mann; H.T. Condon p. 15. Marsh Tern Chlidonias leucopareia H.T. Condon p. 15. Cape Barren Goose, Cereopsis novae-hollandiae R.F. Brown and Warren B. Hitchcock p. 15. Incubation periods of birds Dr….

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Volume XIV, Part 1. January 1, 1937 Mallee Whipbird, Psophodes nigroguloris (leucogaster?), and other mallee birds J. Neil McGilp and F.E. Parsons pp. 3-13. Notes from the Althorpe Islands C.E. Perryman pp. 14-19. A Giant Petrel, Macronectes giganteus, at the Murray Mouth Dr. A.S. Randell p. 19. Ground Cuckoo-Shrike, Pteropodocys maxima D.W. Brummitt p. 20. Mannum Notes, from 12th to 16th May, 1936 Warren B. Hitchcock and R.F. Brown pp. 20-23. A trip to Mannum and other notes R.F. Brown pp. 24-27. Nesting of Black-shouldered Kite, Elanus axillaris, and description…

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Volume XIII, Part 1. 1st January 1935 Obituary [Dr A.M. Morgan]  A. Chenery pp. 3-4, Portrait. Birds noted in the eastern portion of Kangaroo Island  Allen F.C. Lashmar pp. 5-8. Notes on birds observed at Myrtle Springs Station, S.A.  Chris Cain pp. 8-11. Notes on the Pratincole (Stiltia isabella) at Witchelina Station  [Chris Cain] pp. 11-12. Notes on the Pied Cormorant, Dusky Moorhen and Starling  H.T. Condon pp. 12-15, Plate I.   Bird notes   Notes from “Minnie Downs”, via Marree, S.A.  L.R. Reese pp. 15-16.   Professor J.B. Cleland…

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