220 Alexander, Additions to the Library. P ^?" •, 



" Advanced Australia : Second Anzac Number." 



The Avictdtural Magazine, vol. ix., part lo, bears this title, 

 and is devoted to articles and notes on Australian birds. 



" Description of a New Sub-Species of Climaderis." J. W. 



Mellor. South Australian Ornithologist, vol. iv., No. i, 



P- 5- 

 The White-browed Tree-creeper found in the belts of pine and 

 mallee country adjacent to the River Murray, in South Australia 

 and Victoria, is distinguished from the Central Australian form 

 under the name of Climacteris erythrops parsonsi. 



" The Birds of the South-Eastern Part of South Australia." 

 A. M. Morgan. South Australian Ornithologist, vol. iv., 

 No. I, p. 7. 



Dr. Morgan gives a list of the birds found in this region, 

 resulting from visits paid by him to Mount Gambler, the Glenelg 

 River (in Victoria), Beachport, Robe, and Narracoorte, in 

 November, 1918. One hundred and twenty-two species are 

 recorded. Among the most interesting may be mentioned the 

 Orange-bellied Grass-Parrot (Neonanodes chrysogaster), which had 

 not been recorded in South Australia since 1885, and the Swamp- 

 Parrot {Pezoporns terrestris), of which species a few still survive 

 on the fiats at the mouth of the Glenelg River. 



x\rticles of General Ornithological Interest. 



" Colour Vision and Colour Sensation in Birds," by Prof. R. 

 Dubois. Revue Francaise d'Ornith., vol. v., p. 265. 



A suggestive article, pointing out how httle is known as to the 

 power of birds to distinguish colours, and as to the emotions 

 aroused in them by particular colours. 



" Some Breeding Habits of the Sparrow-Hawk," by J. H. Owen. 

 In British Birds, vol. xii., part 4, p. 74. 



Mr. Owen concludes a very remarkable series of studies on the 

 English Sparrow-Hawk which has been appearing in that journal, 

 and is illustrated by excellent photographs. The articles are well 

 worthy of perusal by every ornithologist, and are a striking 

 illustration of the results obtainable by a field naturalist who 

 devotes himself to the close study of a single species in its native 

 haunts. 



" The Behaviour and Mouth-Coloration of Nesthng Birds," by 

 W. R. Butterfield. British Birds, vol. xii., p. 8y. 



The writer considers that the bright colours inside the mouths 

 of nestlings, and their habit of displaying these when the nest 

 is approached, are intended to alarm possible enemies, and quotes 

 evidence in support of this view. 



