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Birds
Also see South Australia - Flora and Fauna - Sparrows.
A report on the "wanton destruction of quail" is in the Register,
3 June 1846, page 3d,
"Protection of Quail" on
25 January 1912, page 6e,
"The Quail Season" on
10 February 1920, page 4c,
"Quail and Quail Shooting - Memories in SA" on
6, 9 and 16 February 1924, pages 11c, 11e and 3f-5b,
23 July 1924, page 10a,
Observer,
6 November 1909, page 47d,
16 and 23 February 1924, pages 48d and 45b,
1 March 1924, page 49a,
1 August 1925, page 36b,
Advertiser,
7 January 1927, page 14h,
Register,
4 and 7 January 1928, pages 10a and 10a.
Observer,
7 and 14 January 1928, pages 43c and 19c.
Photographs are in the Observer,
19 June 1926, page 31,
8 January 1931, page 32.
A "Plea for the Birds" is in the Register,
23 October 1862, page 2f,
"Spare the Birds" on
31 October 1900, page 6f.
The export of shell parrots in 1862 is discussed in the Regsiter,
1 and 5 December 1925, pages 12d and 15e.
A rare bird, the Epthianura tricolor, is discussed in the Advertiser,
14 February 1861, page 3c; also see
22 November 1875, page 5e.
An informative letter from the ornithologist, John Gould, is in the Observer,
15 August 1863, page 8d.
The wanton destruction of birds is commented upon in the Register,
25 October 1864, page 3b:
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At present there is not [a magpie or laughing jackass] within miles of the town, even tame birds being shot at if they are permitted any liberty. Quails are getting scarce, fly-catchers are all gone and even larks are being killed by hundreds.
(Also see Register,
5 November 1864, page 2e,
6 December 1864, page 3b.)
Information on the Australian egret, Herodius alba, is in the Observer,
25 August 1866, page 3d (supp.).
The breeding of pigeons by Mr J.T. Gray at Norwood is reported in the Advertiser,
2 March 1867, page 2g.
"Exportation of Birds" is in the Register,
14 December 1867, page 2f,
Observer,
28 December 1867, page 5a.
"Seizure of Birds" is in the Express,
3 February 1905, page 1e,
"Australian Birds - Their Export to Europe" in the Register on
4 February 1905, page 8e.
27 February 1906, page 6e,
6 March 1906, page 6g.
"Movement Against Export of Birds" is in the Advertiser,
17, 18 and 26 October 1922, pages 8g, 10g-14c-17d and 9f,
"Exportation of Birds" is in the Register,
3 August 1928, page 18e,
Observer,
4 and 18 May 1929, pages 53e and 57b,
1 June 1929, page 20e,
3 August 1929, page 18c,
"Cargo of Birds" on
21 April 1923, page 7e.
"Sale of [English] Birds" is in the Observer,
5 September 1868, page 5e,
"Importation of English Birds" on
24 October 1874, page 6g.
"Destruction of Birds" is in the Register,
30 July 1868, page 2e,
"A Word More for Birds" on
2 January 1869, page 2e.
"Shanghais" is in the Observer, 16 July 1870, page 7d:
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Pigeon fanciers and owners of pet animals have has sad havoc played among their proteges... from the blundering or expert handling of shanghais...
"Shanghais v Bird Protection" is in the Chronicle,
19 November 1898, page 26c,
"Boys versus Birds" in the Weekly Herald,
21 October 1899, page 6b.
"Capturing Shanghais" in the Register,
9 January 1900, page 4i.
"Destruction of Acclimatized Game" is in the Observer,
27 April 1872, page 9e,
4 May 1872, page 9d.
"Imported Birds" is in the Observer,
24 October 1874, page 6g.
"The Closed Season" is in the Observer,
17 July 1875, page 13g.
A letter on the subject of a closed season for native birds is in the Register,
4 August 1896, page 6f.
An "Egging Expedition" on Neptune Island is described in the Observer,
2 December 1876, page 11d.
"Acclimatization" is in the Observer,
9 November 1878, page 10e.
A tale of a domesticated magpie is in the Register,
9 September 1886, page 3g,
Observer,
18 September 1886, page 43a.
"The Princess of Wales Parrakeet" is in the Register,
23 August 1890, page 7b.
Articles on birds of the Adelaide Hills are in the Observer,
14 November 1891, page 42c,
9 January 1892, page 42d.
"Valuable Birds" is in the Register,
23 March 1895, page 5c.
"Murderous Millinery - A Plea for the Birds" is in the Advertiser,
28 January 1895, page 6g,
21 November 1895, page 6e,
23 December 1895, page 4h,
17 December 1906, page 6e.
Also see South Australia - Women - Dress and Appearance.
"Fashion and Birds" is in the Advertiser,
8 June 1896, page 3h; also see
4 July 1896, page 10f,
"Feathered Women" on
10 February 1898, page 4f,
"The Feathered Hat" on
22 February 1902, page 6e:
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The woods made lonely of the happy and exquisite creatures who filled them with gay color and sweet song, are eloquent with silent accusation. Callow broods left motherless to perish have pathetically appealed to the tenderest emotions of the woman's nature; but all in vain... Every appeal on the ground of cruelty involved or the essential vulgarity of such array has hitherto been widely disregarded. Women will not spare the birds...
The plumage would never be worn if the killing were left to women. It is the men, not the women, who does the shooting and snaring. Still the fair purchaser might remember that:
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Each bird that is worn for adornment,
Each heaven-sent singer that dies
For vanity's sake - has two slayers -
The hunter, the woman who buys.
(Advertiser, 14 November 1902, page 4d.)
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For the information of ladies who are unaware of the cruelty caused in procuring aigrettes [plumes taken from white herons], it may be explained that the plumage is taken from living birds, causing them extensive suffering.
(Advertiser, 6 December 1902, page 6f.)
2 November 1898, page 4e.
An obituary of Mr W.H. Selway is in the Chronicle,
18 November 1899, page 21c.
"The Traffic in Feathers" is reported upon in the Advertiser,
6 May 1911, page 18e.
"Little Feathers Make the Hats These Days" is in The News,
7 April 1932, page 13c.
"Protection of Insect-Eating Birds" is in the Observer,
29 August 1896, page 46a,
"Protection of Birds" on
12 September 1896, page 45c,
20 November 1897, page 34b.
A proposal to form a Society to Protect Birds is reported in the Observer,
2 February 1895, page 40e; also see
28 November 1896, page 28d,
5 and 19 December 1896, pages 46a and 6c; also see
Chronicle,
16 November 1901, page 33b,
Register,
26 November 1903, page 7g,
Express,
24 May 1905, page 2c.
"Protection of Birds" is in the Chronicle,
16 January 1897, pages 19e-27b,
Observer,
20 November 1897, page 34b,
12 November 1898, pages 15c-34d,
Express,
27 October 1898, page 3f,
24 August 1899, page 3e,
4 January 1901, page 2d,
14 February 1908, page 1e.
An article entitled "Birds, Beauty Spots and Vandalism" is in the Register,
9 January 1897, page 4f;
the protection of birds is discussed on
4, 10 and 13 November 1897, pages 7e, 6b and 9a.
"An Appeal for the Birds" is in the Advertiser,
9 January 1897, pages 4h-6g; also see
24 December 1897, page 6e.
For information on the Society for the Protection of Birds and allied matters see Advertiser,
11, 22 and 29 October 1898, pages 6g, 5c and 10f,
24 August 1899, page 7a,
4 September 1899, page 9i,
3 August 1900, page 4d and
Register,
1 November 1900, page 3h,
13 November 1902, page 6e,
26 November 1903, page 7g.
An Annual General Meeting of The Bird Protection Society is reported in the Observer,
12 November 1898, page 15c,
10 November 1900, page 31d,
Advertiser,
18 November 1899, page 5g,
1 November 1900, page 6h,
9 November 1901, page 10f,
13 November 1902, page 7a.
Interesting comments on the "laughing jackass" are in the Register,
18 November 1897, page 4g:
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[I] would sooner shoot a tax-gatherer on the front doorstep than a laughing jackass - there is so much originality about the latter. The jack is philosophic, and if some of our legislators had the same intensity and patience of purpose it would be better for the country...
"Birds and Their Enemies" is in the Register,
2 November 1898, page 4e and
"Pity the Birds" on
18 November 1899, page 8f,
"Spare the Birds" on
31 October 1900, page 6f,
Observer,
10 November 1900, page 33c.
"Protection of Birds" is in the Chronicle,
26 August 1899, page 15e.
"For the Sake of the Birds" is in the Register,
17, 18 and 22 November 1899, pages 4g, 5d-7a-8f and 3g.
"An Extinct Gigantic Bird" is in the Observer,
11 August 1900, page 33a.
"The Birds Protection Act" is in the Register,
4 January 1901, page 4g.
Information on the SA Ornithological Society is in the Observer,
9 March 1901, page 34d,
15 June 1901, page 33b.
"Native Birds In and Around Adelaide" is in the Register,
10 June 1901, page 4f.
"Spare the Seagull" is in the Register,
21, 22, 26 and 28 August 1901, pages 3g, 7f, 7i and 4e,
3 September 1901, page 7a,
16 April 1902, page 6g.
"Australian Birds" is in the Advertiser,
1 November 1901, page 7e.
"Birds Protected and Otherwise" is in the Express,
6 February 1903, page 4d.
"Totally Protected Birds" is in the Observer,
29 March 1902, page 2e,
12 April 1902, page 3e.
"The Starling Nuisance" is discussed in the Register,
27 March 1902, page 5b,
Advertiser,
1 July 1909, page 10a,
Register,
18 April 1919, page 6b.
"A Chat About Birds" is in the Observer,
19 and 26 July 1902, pages 5a and 4d.
A bird-scaring machine is discussed in the Observer,
14 November 1903, page 33a.
"Unwelcome Visitors [Indian minah bird]" is in the Register,
8 March 1904, page 4f.
"Australian Birds - Their Export to Europe" is in the Register,
4 February 1904, page 8e.
"The Australian Pelican" is in the Register,
12 August 1905, page 10f.
A complaint about the destruction of pelicans by a vice-regal party is made in the Advertiser,
17 September 1909, page 6f,
"Protection for Pelicans" on
10 May 1911, page 11d,
Observer,
13 May 1911, page 27a.
"Slaughter of Pelicans" in the Register,
10, 11 and 13 February 1911, pages 4f, 12g and 6d,
"Protecting Pelicans" on
10 and 11 May 1911, pages 6g and 6e,
"Saving the Pelicans" on
23 November 1912, page 14h,
"Pelicans and Fish" on
12 April 1928, page 2h.
"Pelicans or Fish" is in the Observer,
11 September 1909, page 46a,
"Protecting Pelicans" on
13 May 1911, page 37a.
"Destruction of Protected Birds - A Port Adelaide Case" is reported in the Advertiser,
7 May 1904, page 11d.
An article on the rare Alexandra parakeet is in the Register,
14 February 1905, page 4f; also see
10 January 1907, page 4f,
29 October 1907, page 4f,
16 August 1924, page 10f,
14 February 1929, page 6e,
Advertiser,
15 June 1931, page 8i,
9 March 1934, page 22h.
An article on the illegal export of birds is in the Observer,
11 February 1905, page 24d.
The destruction of magpies is discussed in the Register,
2 May 1905, page 6e,
"Spare Our Birds and Flowers" on
26 July 1906, page 4d.
"Protecting Native Birds" is in the Register,
30 January 1907, page 4e,
"Magpies and Snakes" on
24 April 1908, page 4e,
"Our Feathered Friends" on
17 May 1909, page 6h.
An obituary of William Gard, bird exporter, is in the Observer,
13 March 1909, page 40b.
"Destroying Swans" is in the Express,
29 January 1908, page 3f,
"Destruction of Swans" in the Register,
2 August 1916, page 4f.
"Protection of Birds" is in the Advertiser,
14 February 1908, page 6d,
"To Save the Birds" on
9 July 1908, page 6d; also see
21 November 1908, page 8d.
"Plea for the Birds" is in the Register,
17 May 1909, page 6h.
"Our Feathered Friends" is in the Observer,
5 June 1909, page 52b.
"Thriving in the Garden - Starlings, Sparrows and Blackbirds" is in the Register,
30 June 1909, page 6g,
"Bird Pests - Campaign of Extermination" on
1 July 1909, page 9f,
"For and Against Blackbirds" on
12 September 1919, page 6f.
"Arbor and Bird Day" is in the Register,
19 August 1910, page 4f,
Observer,
12 August 1911, page 14c,
Register,
26 June 1911, page 6f.
Also see South Australia - Education - Arbor Days.
"Bird Protection" is in the Advertiser,
3 January 1911, page 8c,
8 and 18 February 1911, pages 15c and 12f.
"The Bird Pest" is discussed in the Advertiser,
6 August 1908, pages 6e-10h.
"Wanton Destruction of Birds" is in the Advertiser,
18 June 1909, page 6g.
"Our Feathered Friends" is in the Observer,
5 June 1909, page 52b.
"Thieves in the Garden - Starlings, Sparrows and Blackbirds" is in the Register,
30 June 1909, page 6g,
1 July 1909, pages 5b-9f,
"Feathered Friends and Foes - Taming and Breeding Birds" on
26 and 30 March 1910, pages 11e and 9d.
"Birds and Birds' Eggs" is in the Register,
13 April 1910, page 10d.
"Feathered Friend and Their Nests" is in the Register,
24 September 1910, page 8c (includes photographs).
"The Disappearing Emu" is in the Register on
22 April 1911, page 12h,
"Emus" on
13 May 1918, page 4f,
"Bird Protection" is in the Observer,
3 June 1911, page 51c.
"Save the Birds" is in the Register,
8 July 1911, page 14f,
"Saving the Birds" on
9 September 1911, page 15a,
"Save the Birds" on
30 October 1911, page 9d,
"Northern Birds" on
27 January 1912, page 5a.
"Australian Birds" is in the Register,
30 September 1911, page 18c.
"Search for the Night Parrot" is in the Register,
16 October 1911, page 6f,
22 November 1911, page 8e.
An excursion "Among the Birds" in the scrub east of the River Murray is reported in the Advertiser,
9 January 1912, page 12b,
"Value of Birds to Man" on
1 February 1912, page 13a.
"Bird Protection in South Australia" is in the Chronicle,
30 November 1912, page 39c.
"Rare Bird Discovered" is in the Observer,
1 August 1914, page 51a.
"Saving the Mallee Hen" is in the Register,
8 April 1910, page 4f,
"Fate of the Mallee Hen" on
8 November 1915, page 4g,
4 December 1915, page 11d,
"Breeding Mallee Fowl" on
21 May 1923, page 9e,
"Something About Canaries" is in the Advertiser,
6 August 1912, page 11a,
"Canaries Make an Industry in South Australia" on
29 August 1936, page 12g.
"Bird Protection in South Australia", an address by Mr J.W. Mellor, is in the Advertiser,
25 November 1912, page 11b.
"Bird Destruction" is in the Advertiser,
18 January 1913, page 18f; also see
7 June 1913, page 18g,
"The Plumage of Wild Birds" on
13 May 1913, page 8c.
A "British Plumage Bill" is in the Advertiser,
7 October 1913, page 8c,
11 March 1914, page 14c.
"God's Beautiful Winged Creatures" is in the Advertiser,
7 April 1914, page 11b,
"Vanishing Bird Life - Sanctuaries Suggested" on
23 October 1914, page 12b.
"Bird Murder" is in the Register,
13 March 1914, page 6d,
23 May 1914, page 7f,
"Bird Protection" on
14 May 1914, page 9d.
"Protecting the Birds" is in the Register,
21 November 1916, pages 4c-6f,
5 and 12 December 1916, pages 9a and 7b,
"Save Our Native Birds" on
3 July 1920, page 4a.
"Mangrove Coast Birds" is in The Mail,
20 January 1917, page 7c.
"The Game Laws" is in the Register,
16 and 23 July 1918, pages 4c-g and 4h.
"Cats - The Arch Enemy of Birds" is in the Observer,
20 July 1918, page 4c.
"School Bird Protection Clubs" is in the Observer,
3 August 1918, page 29c.
"Half-Castes and Birds" is in the Observer,
2 November 1918, page 20a.
"Protecting Birds and Animals" is in the Advertiser,
19 August 1919, page 6f; also see
28 November 1919, page 8d.
"Closed Area on the Coorong" is in the Express,
30 January 1920, page 1b.
"The Crow - Is It a Pest?" is in the Register,
3 February 1921, page 3e,
Observer,
12 February 1921, page 4a.
"Protection of Seals and Cape Barren Geese" is in the Register,
8 March 1921, page 4g,
"Cruelty to Caged Birds" on
14 and 24 September 1921, pages 12g and 3g,
3 October 1921, page 6f,
"Wild Bird Protection" on
19 June 1922, page 6d.
"Militant Magpies" is in the Register,
10 October 1921, page 6h.
"Birds and Poison" is in the Advertiser,
19 May 1922, page 8h.
The predation of cormorants is commented upon in the Advertiser,
26 January 1923, page 15b,
15 February 1923, page 12g.
"Traffic in Native Fauna": is in the Register,
15 and 21 February 1922, pages 4a and 2h.
"Wild Bird Traffic" is on
31 August 1922, page 6d,
"The Value of Birds in Relation to Agriculture" on
24 January 1924, page 3a,
"Purely Politics and Young Ducks" on
18 September 1924, page 8d.
"Protecting Animals and Birds - Sanctuaries for the Coorong" is in the Advertiser,
9 May 1923, page 13f,
"The Export of Birds" on
29 June 1923, page 8g.
"Our Native Fauna - Production and Export" is in the Register,
27 February 1924, page 11c.
"The Game Season - Butchering of Ducklings" is discussed in the Register,
4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 19 and 25 November 1924, pages 11c, 13d, 11e, 10f, 10h, 15c and 11i.
Photographs are in the Observer,
25 February 1922, page 25.
"Close Season for Ducks" is in the Advertiser,
12 November 1924, page 12d,
Observer,
8, 15 and 22 November 1924, pages 35b-48a, 48a and 35b,
26 December 1925, pages 36b-52d,
Register,
14 November 1924, page 8e,
15, 17 and 19 December 1925, pages 13f, 8f and 10a,
"Christmas Duck Shooting" on
11 January 1927, page 8d,
"Protest Against Early Opening" in the Observer,
15 January 1927, page 41d.
Information on the lore and legends of the Aborigines in respect of ducks is in the Observer,
3 October 1925, page 35d.
"Rare White-Headed Petrel" is in the Observer,
21 March 1925, page 18a.
"Parakeets on the Adelaide Plains" is in the Register,
27 and 28 November 1925, pages 8g and 3e,
1 and 5 December 1925, pages 12d and 15e.
"Australia's Rare Birds" is in the Observer,
19 December 1925, page 52e.
"Useful Birds - Nature's Big Army" is in The Mail,
17 April 1926, page 18d.
A sulphur-crested cockatoo, aged 78, is discussed in the Register,
5 June 1926, page 12c,
"Our Rare Birds - Breeding Them in Captivity" appears on
18 December 1926, page 12e.
"Birds and Beasts - High Prices Offering" is in The News,
9 December 1926, page 13c.
"Aviary Birds - Prohibited Immigrants" is in the Register,
20 and 21 January 1928, pages 11b and 8f.
"Protection for Game Birds" is in The News,
15 December 1927, page 6c.
"Troublesome Cockatoos" is in the Observer,
11 February 1928, page 6b.
"Birds Useful and Otherwise" is in the Observer,
11 February 1928, page 31d.
"Fostering Rare Native Birds" is in The Mail,
13 June 1931, page 6d.
"Breeding Rare Parrots" is discussed in the Advertiser,
19 January 1932, page 10h.
"South Australian Parrakeets for the King" is in the Advertiser,
3 March 1932, page 8f; also see
9 March 1933, page 10i,
13 February 1934, page 10i,
"Exporting Australian Birds" on
25 May 1932, page 14d.
"Their Friend the Willie-Wagtail" is in the Advertiser,
7 October 1932, page 23d.
"A Day in the Life of a Duck-Shooter" is in the Advertiser,
6 August 1932, page 9d.
"Rare Native Birds Dying Out" is in the Advertiser,
3 October 1933, page 8i,
"Magpie Falls From Virtue" on
28 June 1934, page 8i.
"Australia Rich in Colorful Birds" is in the Advertiser,
23 July 1934, page 8i.
Information on the budgerigar is in The News,
1 June 1934, page 6e,
"The Modern Budgerigar" is in The Mail,
14 September 1935, page 5.
"Rare and Beautiful Bushland Parrots Doomed to Extinction" is in The Mail,
26 October 1935, page 1.
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