Contents of Vol. XF///.— 191 8-19. 



ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. XVIII, 



Australian Green-backed Finch [Erythruva trichoa macgillivrayi) 



(coloured) . . . . . . . . . . plate i 



Renmark Water Tower, under the j^rojecting top of which 

 Fairy Martins nest ; Nests of Diamond-Birds scratched 

 out by the cunning fox . . . . . . . . plate ii 



Water-Birds' Paradise, Murray River ; Examining a Black 



Duck's Nest . . . . . . . . . . plate iii 



Skeletoii of Nestor notahilis . . . . . . . . pis. iv to x 



Cormorants' Rookery at Toorilla ; Spoonbill Rookery, Toorilla, 



Queensland . . . . . . . . . . plate xi 



A Queensland Forest after the Great Cyclone . . . . plate xii 



Albino Magpie (Gym)iorhina Icuconota) ; Flights of Galahs (Rose- 

 breasted Cockatoo) . . . . . . . . plate xiii 



The late Colonel W. V. Legge, C.M.B.O.U., first President 



R.A.O.U. . . . . . . . . . . plate xiv 



The Striated Grass-Wren (Amytornis striata) (coloured) .. plate xv 



The Wedge-tailed Eagle (Uroai.-tus audax) .. .. .. plate xvi 



Mummy Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) ; Peregrine Falcon (F. 



peregrinus) . . . . . . . . . . plate xvii 



Breeding-Groiind of Southern Skua (Megalestris antarctica), 



Kerguelen Island . . . . . . . . plate xviii 



Nest and Eggs of Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Plulibis flavipes) ; 



Lesser Frigate-Bird (Frcgata ariel) . . . . . . plate xix 



Letter-winged Kites (Elanus scriptus) (coloured) . . . . plate xx 



Billabong of Diamantina River, Western Queensland : Site of a 



Breeding Colony of Letter-winged Kites (Elanus scriptus) plate xxi 



Coolabah Trees, with Nests of Letter-winged Kite . . , . plate xxii 



Nest, in situ, and Eggs of Letter-winged Kite . . . . plate xxiii 



Nest of Letter-winged Kite, containing young in down . . plate xxiv 



Young Letter-winged Kites at Camp, with daily meals of rats plate xxv 

 Young Letter-winged Kites at Camp . . . . . . plate xxvi 



Jackson's Camp on Diamantina River, Coolabah tree in back- 

 ground containing nest of Letter-winged Kite . . plate xxvii 

 Ooldea Native Well . . . . . . . . . . plate xxviii 



Parakylia, on leaves of which Bustards and other birds feed ; 

 Cats'-tails (Trichinium exaltatus), frequented by many 

 insects on which birds feed . . . . . . plate xxix 



Fruit of Acacia Randelliaiia, the food of many desert birds ; 

 Grevillea stenohotrya, a plant of importance to desert 

 Honey-eaters . . . . . . . . . . plate xxx 



A Limestone " Blow-hole," in which Owls roost ; A Granite 



Rock-hole, in which water can persist for some time plate xxxi 

 Granite Boulders, a desert feature of importance to bird-life ; 

 Granite Rocks, containing holes at which birds get 

 water . . . . . . . . . . . . plate xxxii 



The Brown Hawk ; Spine-bill Honey-eater . . . . plate xxxiii 



Major (Dr.) W. Macgillivray, tenth President R.A.O.U. . . plate xxxiv 

 The Red-cered Pigeon (Globicera rubricera) (coloured) . . plate xxxv 



On Barrow Island : True Spinifex (S. longifolius) . . . . plate xxxvi 



Whitlock Cove, Barrow Island . . . . . . . . plate xxxvii 



Nest and Young of Sea-Eagle . . . . . . . . plate xxxviii 



Nest of Malurus edouardi in prickly bush . . . . plate xxxix 



Type Nest and Eggs of the Desert-Bird (Eremiornis carteri) plate xl 



