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Aviciiltnral Magazine, vol. ix., part 9. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Nahiral Sciences of Philadelphia, 



vol. Ixix., part 2. 

 Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, vol. ii., parts 11 



and 12 ; vol. vii., parts 10 and 11. 

 Austral Avian Record, vol. iii., part 6. 

 South Australian Ornithologist, vol. iii., part 8. 



Articles in Foregoing Publications on Australasian Birds. 



" Australian Parrots," by the Marquis of Tavistock. Ibis, vol. vi., 

 part 3, p. 519. 

 An interesting letter stating differences noted in captivity 

 between the sexes of Australian Parrots. The author differs from 

 Mr. Mathews on a number of points, and suggests that there is 

 room for considerable investigation of the plumage changes and 

 external sexual differences of the Australian Parrots. 



" On Pachycephala melanura, Gould," by G. M. Mathews. 

 Austral Avian Record, vol. iii., part 6, p. 134. 

 The author considers that, amongst the sub-species placed as 

 forms of P. pectoralis in his " List," three species can be recog- 

 nized by the differences in coloration of the females. These are 

 P. melanura, with two sub-species from Mid and North-West 

 Australia ; P. robtista, with five sub-species from North-West 

 Australia, Northern Territory, and North Queensland ; and P. 

 pectoralis, with seven sub-species covering the coastal regions of 

 the rest of Australia and Tasmania. 



" On Tttrdiis maxillaris, Latham," by G. M. Mathews. Austral 

 Avian Record, vol. iii., part 6, p. 139. 

 This name was given by Latham to one of the Watling drawings, 

 of which Mr. Mathews gives an accurate coloured reproduction. 

 It has been regarded by Gould and subsequent writers as intended 

 to represent the Fig-Bird, which has hence borne the name 

 Sphecotheres maxillaris (Latham). Mr. Mathews gives reasons for 

 rejecting it as indeterminable, and proposes to use 5. vieilloti, 

 Vigors and Horsfield, as the first name indubitably given to the 

 Fig-Bird. He also considers that S. stalkeri, Ingram, was 

 probably obtained in New Guinea, and that the locality — Mount 

 Elliot, North Queensland — is an error. This bird should there- 

 fore disappear from the Australian list. It is pointed out that 

 Pycraft, from an examination of the skull, considered the genus 

 Sphecotheres should be placed in the Campephagidcc, and that 

 Milhgan has also suggested that it is a member of that family. 

 The author accepts this view of the relationship of the Fig-Birds. 



" Ooldea, on the East-West Railway ; On the Flooded Murray 

 River ; and Other Sketches," by Capt. S. A. White. 

 This little volume of articles, reprinted from the Register, and 

 illustrated with photographs by the author, deals with a variety 



