Contents - October, 1918. 



(The author of each article is responsible for the facts recorded therein, and any 

 deductions he may draw.) 



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Striated Grass-Wren (Amytornis striata, Gould). By A. J. 



Campbell, C.M.B.O.U. 8i 



"What are Australian Petrels?'-' By Gregory M. Mathews, 



F.R.S.E., Foulis Court, Hants., En o I and- - - - - 82 

 Food of Diurnal Birds of Prey. By D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., 



Zoological Gardens, Melbourne - 88 



Bird Notes from the Boat Harbour (Tasmania) District. 



By f Miss J J. A. Fletcher, R.A.O.U., Boat Harbour, Tasfnania 96 

 A Trip in Search of the Spotted Scrub-Wren (Sericornis 



maculata) and the Little Wattle -Bird (Anellobia 



lunulata). By C. L. E. Orion, R.A.O.U., Petworth Park, 



Moora f W.A.) loi 



Cormorants: Are They Pests or Otherwise? By W. T. 



Forster, Local Secretary to the R.A.O.U. in Western Australia 103 

 The Jungle and the Snows. By Robert Hall, C.M.B.O.U. - 106 

 An Afternoon Among the Birds in the Baltimore (Md.) 



Woods, United States of America. By Edwin Ashby, 



M.B.O.U., R.A.O.U. - 117 



Description of a New Sub-species of Malurus cyanotus. 



By H. L. White, M.B.O.U., Belltrees, Scotie, N.S.W. - - 121 

 Description of a New Sub-Species of Acanthiza nana. By 



H. L. White, M.B.O.U., Belltrees, Scone, N.S.W. - - - 122 

 Notes on Birds Seen on the Murray River, August, 1918. 



By W. B. Alexander, M. A., Librarian R.A.O.U. - - - 122 

 Some Observations by a Bird-lover in the Eastern Mallee 



Fringe, Victoria. By A. C. Stone, R.A.O.U., South Yarra, 



Victoria - ■ - - - . - - . - -124 

 Descriptions of two New Nests and Eggs. By Henry L. 



White, M.B.O.U., Belltrees, N.S.W. 127 



About Members - - 128 



Bird Protection in Queensland ------- 129 



Proposed Refuge for Wild Fowl 130 



Camera Craft 132 



Stray Feathers. — ^^Foxesand Plovers, 131; Queensland Bird Protection, 131; Tri- 

 nomials, 131; Great Brown Kingfisher and Heron, 132; Crested Bell-Birds and 

 Caterpillars, 132; Nests of Banded Finches, 132; Tasmania's National- Park, 132; 

 Swifts and Weather, 133; "Shamming Sick," 133; The "Whisper Song," 133; 

 Maternal Courage, 134; White-tailed Black Terns (Bydrochelidon leucoptera) in 

 Western Australia, 134 ; A Skua and his Victims, 135. 



On the Occurrence of the Australian Roller (Eurystomus 

 PACiFicus) in Tasmania. By Clive E. Lord, R.A.O.U., Tas- 



manian Museum - - - 136 



Additions to the Library. By W. B. Alexander, M.A., Hon. 



Librariafi - - - - - - - - - - - 136 



Correspondence - - - - - 138 



REVIE^vs 140 



Monthly Conversaziones of R.A.O.U. - - - - - 144 



Notes - 147 



Members of RA.O.U., 1918 -------- 148 



Annual Meeting - - - - 156 



The Mathews Collection - 156 



