PERSONALIA
N UW E PERSONEEL
A gter: Mnre. J. M yb u rg h (Kabinetmaker), M G eldenhuys (Kabinetmaker), B von S c h lic h tin g (N avorsingstegnikus Paleontologie).
Voor: M ejj. D Fourie (N avorsingstegnikus P aleontologie/, M. de Wet (N avorsingstegnkus Ornitologie). Inlas: Mej. S Schoombee (N avorsingstegnikus Plantkunde).
O O R S ESE REIS
Roy Earle, o rn ito lo o g van die N asionale M u se umhet o n la n g s 'n u itg e b re id e oorsese reis onderneem w a a rtyde n s verskeie m useum s en u n iv e rs ite ite besoek is. Die In te rn a s io n a le O rnitologiese Kongres in O tta w a , Kanada is ook deur hom bygew oon. Vroeg in M ei 1986 het hy na Europa vertrek en m useum s in W enen, Bonn, Tervuren (Belgie), Parys en London besoek. In hierdie m useum s het hy h oo fsa a klike kse m p la re van verskeie sw aelspesies u it A frik a ondersoek aangesien daar m in bekend is oor sekere aspekte van h ulle leefwyses. Hy het ook m useum s in New York err W a s h in g to n besoek en saam met 'n A m e rik a a n s e v o e lk u n d ig e , p a r a s ito lo g ie s e studies op die A m erikaanse F am iliesw ael naby O klahom a C ity uitgevoer. Tydens sy besoek aan die U n ive rsite it van O klahom a het hy ook 'n sem inaar getiteld "M u d nests and the adaptive sig n ific a n c e of co lo n ia l breeding by the S ou th A fric a n C liff S w a llo w " gelewer. Op u itn o d ig in g is 'n referaat getiteld "R eproductive iso la tio n between urban and ru ra l p o p u la tio n s of Cape S pa rrow s and House S p a rro w s " by die 1 9de Inte rn a sion a le O rn itolog ie se Kongres gelewer.
Die oorsese reis w a s in opvolging van navorsing op die Fam iliesw ael w a a rv o o r daar vroeer va n ja a r 'n doktorsgraad deur Rhodes U n iv e rs ite it aan hom toegeken is.
Dr. R.A. Earle
TIBOR FARKAS
T ibor Farkas w as born and g rew up in H ungary w here he also trained as an o rn ith o lo g is t before e m ig ra tin g to S outh A fric a in 1 957. A fte r service w ith the T ransvaal N ature C onservation D ivision at Barberspan and the Percy F itzpatrick In s titu te fo r A fric a n O rn ith o lo g y in Cape T o w n he jo in ed th e s t a f f of t he N a t i o n a l M u s e u m in B loem fontein d u rin g 1973.
A fte r 1 3 years service at the M useum and having atta in ed re tire m e nt age, Tibor has decided to "e m ig ra te " to a w a rm e r clim ate. He w ill not o nly be rem em bered as an O rn ith o lo g is t w h o som etim es used to have his subjects fly in g contentedly and freely about in his office, but also fo r his good sense of h um ou r, lover of te rrie r dogs (som etim es 1 and som etim es 3), fanciei5 of cars (som etim es 1 and som etim es 2) but also fo r his g e n tle m a n ly behaviour. We w is h him good
health and happiness in P ieterm aritzburg. Dr T. Farkas
R E D A K SIE
Dr. CD. Lynch, mev. M. Lam precht, dr. S. Louw, dr. C M. Engelbrecht, m nr. J. Haasbroek. m nr. L.W. v.d. M erwe.
