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issue to go to press until the least or last irregularity had been 

 satisfactorily adjusted. Mr. Scott comes from that " dour race " 

 of folk which is at present such a thorn in the side of " our friends 

 the enemy " in France. 



The National Museum. — In view of the frequent requests made 

 by the public to inspect the egg collection in the National Museum, 

 a special collection of Australian species has recently been arranged 

 and placed on view in the Australian Hall. This comprises over 

 two hundred species, representing most of the kinds likely to be 

 met with, or desired for reference, by the beginner. The speci- 

 mens, which form a series quite distinct from the more extensive 

 general collection, have been selected to illustrate, as far as 

 possible, the common type of each species, and in a few instances, 

 where the eggs of a particular species show very marked variation, 

 two or more sets are shown. The eggs are arranged in four table 

 cases, and, in accordance with the general scheme adopted in the 

 Museum, both the cases and fittings are coloured black through- 

 out and the eggs mounted on black wadding. The labels, giving 

 the scientific and vernacular names, the locality, and the number 

 of eggs forming a clutch, are written in white ink on a black back- 

 ground. The general effect is pleasing to the eye, and -has the 

 decided advantage of riveting the attention on the objects, which 

 stand out prominently from their immediate surroundings. — 

 Jas. a. Kershaw. National Museum, ii/g/i8. 



Members of R.A.O.U., 1918. 



CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



Allen, Dr. J. A., Curator Birds and Mammals, American Museum 



of Natural History, Central Park, New York, U.S.x\. 

 BuCKLAND, Jas., c/o Colonial Institute, London. 

 Grant, Ogilvie, Bird Department, South Kensington Museum, 



London. 

 Horn AD AY, Dr. W. T., Director, Zoological Park, New York, 



U.S.A. 

 RiDGWAY, Prof. Robert, Curator Division of Birds, National 



Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 

 Salvadori, Count Tomasso, Zoological Museum, Turin, Italy. 

 Shufeldt, Major R. W., 3,356 Eighteenth-street, Washington, 



D.C., U.S.A. 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 



Campbell, A. J., Col. M. B.O.U., Brongliton-road, Surrey Hills, 



Victoria. 

 Kendall, H., " Koolonga," Milan-street, Mentone, Victoria. 

 Macdoxald, Donald, Argus Office, Melbourne, Victoria. 



