136 Siray Feathers. [^J 



Emu 

 Oct. 



my friend or myself has seen it at work here, although we do a 

 good deal of boating, and there is almost always a party of Terns 

 within ken carrying on fishing operations. The Great Skua 

 {Megalestyis antardica) \\q have never seen here. — H-. Stuart 

 Dove. West Dcvonport, Tasmania, 8/5/18. 



On the Occurrence of the Australian Roller 

 (Eurystomus pacificus) in Tasmania. 



By Clive E. Lord, R.A.O.U., Tasmaniax Museum. 



I HAVE received from Mr. George Hinsby, of the West Coast, the 

 skin of a Dollar-Bird {Eurystomus pacificus), which Mr. Hinsby 

 informs me was shot near Crotty. I have heard reports that a 

 specimen of this species was shot on the North- West Coast of 

 Tasmania about six years ago, but I do not know of this being 

 placed on record nor have I seen a specimen, other than the one 

 forwarded by Mr. Hinsby, which had been obtained in Tasmania. 

 I consider that the specimen recently obtained, and which is now 

 in the Tasmanian Museum, is the first to be duly recorded from 

 Tasmania. It can therefore be placed on the Tasmanian list, 

 but for the present will have to be treated as an " accidental." 



Additions to the Library. 



By W. B. Alexander, M.A., Hox. Librarian. 

 Presentations. 



"Birds of Australia." W. Broinowski. Presented by Dr. J. A. 

 Leach. 



" ^^'onders of the Bird World." R. Bowdler-Sharpe. Presented 

 by W. B. Alexander. 



" Re-naming Australian Birds : Is it Necessary ? " A. J. Camp- 

 bell. Pamphlet presented by the author. 



Purchases. 



" Insectivorous Birds of Victoria." Robert Hall. 



"Bird-Life." W. P. Pycraft. 



" Gum Boughs and Wattle Blossom." Donald Macdonakl. 



" From Range to Sea : a Bird-Lover's Ways." Charles Barrett. 



Periodicals Received in Exchange. 

 British Birds, vol. xi., i)arts 4 and 12. 

 Avicultuntt Magazine, vol. ix., i)arts 6, 7, and 8. 

 Ibis, vol. vi., part 2. 



