^°''i9iV ' ' ■] Proposed Refuge for Wild-Fowl. 1 3 1 



swamp that has been drained. After the water has been put on 

 this land, an immense Heronry will be started, so that the different 

 Herons of the State, particularly the Egrets, may build their nests 

 and raise their young in normal surroundings. Other innovations 

 will be put in to attract water and insectivorous birds. — The 

 Christian Science Monitor. 



Camera Craft Notes. 



jMr. H. Gundersen, formerly Norwegian Consul, Melbourne, 

 sends an excellent " snap" of the Lesser (or^ rather, Least) Frigate- 

 Bird (Fregata ariel, Gould), on a banana plant. The photo, was 

 taken by Mr. Clyde F. Ellis, at Tahiti, Society Islands- — probably 

 about the eastern range of the species. The bird appears to be 

 in immature plumage. — A. J. Campbell. 



Stray Feathers. 



Foxes and Plovers. — ^Ir. \V. M. Brenan, Forestry Department, 

 Moree, N.S.W., states that the fox has practically killed out the 

 Stone-Curlew and Spurwing Plover in his district ; also. Magpies 

 occasionally pick up the baits set for foxes, and so themselves 

 succumb. He found two of these birds dead from this cause 

 lately. He notices that many of our insectivorous birds are slowly 

 but surely disappearing. 



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Queensland Bird Protection. — ^\Ve are glad to notice that the 

 Queensland Government has placed the Grass (Psephotus) and 

 Ground (Euphema) Parrots, under the Native Birds Protection 

 Act 1877-1884, amongst the birds for which total protection is 

 provided. This has been done at the instance of one of the 

 Queensland members of our Council, Mr. A. H. Chisholm, Bris- 

 bane. Also that Peel Island, in Moreton Bay, has been proclaimed 

 a " bird reserve." Mr Chisholm has lately been appointed an 

 honorary ranger for the preservation of native Queensland birds. 



Trinomials. — Arising out of the din of the battle, binomials v. 

 trinomials, one sometimes hears that the latter are an innovation 

 of modern times, and quite unnecessary. But once again Tas- 

 mania can claim to lead the world. According to Dr. Milligan's 

 " Vocabulary," the tribes of the north and north-western coasts 

 of Tasmania over a century ago commonly spoke of the Bald-Coot 

 as " Lugoileah mungoinah leah." And yet the early settlers 

 claimed that the Tasmanian blacks were an uncivilized race, and 

 wiped them off the face of the map ! — Clive E. Lord, R.A.O.U. 

 Hobart, 20/8/18. 



