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" The Display of the Blue Wren {Malunis cyaneits)," by H. D. 

 Astley. AvicuUural Magazine, vol. viii., No. 7. 



" Mantell's Apteryx," by Dr. G. Renshaw. AvicuUural Magazine, 

 vol. viii., No. 12. 



"With the British Association in Australia," by A. H. Evans. 



Ibis, vol. v., No. I. 



" Note on the x\cclimatization of the Australian Black Swan 



{Chenopis atrata)," by R. T. Gunther. Ibis, vol. v., No. 2. 



Articles of General Ornithological Interest. 



" Tail-Feathers and their Major Upper Coverts. H. L. Clark. 



Auk, vol. XXXV., No. 2. 

 " Ferruginous Stains on Waterfowl." F. H. Kennard. Auk, 



vol. XXXV., No. 2. 



"The Description of the Voice of Birds." R. M. Strong. Auk, 



vol. XXXV., No. 2. 

 " The Extraction of Fat front Bird-Skins." H. Lloyd. Auk, 



vol. XXXV., No. 2. 



" The Moults and Sequence of Plumages of the British Waders." 

 Miss A. C. Jackson. British Birds, vol. xi.. No. 3, continued 

 in later numbers. 

 Several of the Waders common to Britain and Australia are dealt 



with, including Turnstone, Sanderling, Pratincole, Golden Plover, 



Grey Plover. 



" Development of Pattern in Birds," Dr. A. G. Butler. Avi- 

 cuUural Magazine, vol. ix., No. 5. 



" Photographs of Falkland Island Bird Life." R. H. Beck. Bird 

 Lore, vol. xx.. No. i. 

 Includes photgraphs of several species familiar to Australasians, 



such as Black-browed Albatross and Giant Petrel, on their nests. 



" The Speed of Flight of Birds." Sub-Lieut. Aviator Guerin. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie, No. 106. 

 Experiences of chasing Cormorants, Geese, and Ducks in an 

 aeroplane. 

 " Keeping Field Records." A. F. Gainer. Wilson Bulletin, vol. 



xxix.. No. 4. 

 " Reference List of Coloured Plates of the Parrots." Dr. E, 



Hopkinson. AvicuUural Magazine, vol. viii., Nos. 3 to 6. 



"Are Birds Easily Deceived ? " Dr. A. G. Butler. AvicuUural 

 Magazine, vol. viii.. No. 4. 



" On the Species and Sub-Species of the Genus Fregata." G. M. 

 Mathews. Austral Avian Record, vol. ii.. No. 6. 



" Capacity in Nest Construction." Dr. A. G. Butler. AvicuUural 

 Magazine, vol. viii.. No. 6. 



" An Improved Observation Tent." R. M. Strong. Auk, vol. 

 xxxiv., No. 3. 



