64 Alexander, Publications Received. [^^^ 



Emu 



July 



" A Study of Subsequent Nestings After tlie Loss of the First." 

 H. Mousley. xiiik, vol. xxxiv., No. 4. 



" The Shedding of the Stomach Lining by Birds, Particularly as 

 Exemplified by the AnatidcE." W. L. M'Atee. Auk, vol. 

 xxxiv., No. 4. 



" Notes on the Genus Piifinus, Brisson." H. C. Oberholser. Auk, 

 vol. xxxiv.. No. 4. 



" The Possibility of Using the Kerguelen Islands as a National 

 Park for the Preservation of Antarctic Animals." A. 

 Menegaux. Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie, No. 93. 



The action of the Tasmanian Government in refusing to renew 

 licences to boil down Penguins on the Macquarie Islands is cited 

 with approval, and the French Government urged to take similar 

 action in regard to Kerguelen. 



" Some Factors Involved in the Nesting Habit of Birds." C. H. 

 Kennedy. Condor, vol. xix.. No. 3. 



" Results of the South Australian Museum Expedition to 

 Strzelecki and Cooper Creeks, September and October, 

 igi6 : Aves. By S. A. White. Trans. Roy. Sac. S.A., 

 xK., 1917, p. 441. 

 A most valuable contribution to our knowledge of the birds of 

 the interior of Australia. One hundred and six species were 

 collected or recorded during the expedition. A new Tree-creeper 

 {Climacteris waitei) discovered on the Cooper was described in 

 The Emu, xvi., p. 168, and figured in vol. xvii., plate i., and an 

 account of the finding of the nest of the Desert Chat was given 

 in vol. xvi., p. 165. Captain White states that, with the exception 

 of Bare-eyed and Rose-breasted Cockatoos and Shell Parrakeets, 

 the paucity of bird-life in the region visited was remarkable, even 

 though the season was an exceptionally good one. He attributes 

 this to overstocking and the ravages of rabbits, together with 

 droughts, which have largely destroyed the native vegetation, 

 and he thinks there is no chance of its recovering its original con- 

 dition. Most of the birds met with were such as are characteristic 

 of arid regions, or of the water-holes of the interior. The Desert 

 Chat {Ashbyia lovensis) and the Black-banded Whiteface {Aphelo- 

 cephala nigricincta), previously only known from the region 

 between Oodnadatta and the Macdonncll Ranges, were both met 

 with, so that their known range is largely increased. It is some- 

 what surprising to find the names of three familiar sea-birds — the 

 Caspian and Crested Terns and the Silver Gull — on the list of 

 birds met with on the water-holes so far inland. L'nder the title 

 " In the Far North-East," Capt. White has reprinted a popular 

 account of the expedition contributed by him to the Register, 

 and illustrated it with numerous photographs. This most inter- 

 esting booklet will be read with much pleasure by all Australian 

 ornithologists. 



