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Contents - April, 1919. 



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

 deductions he may drawj 



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A New Pigeon recorded for Australia — the Red-cered 

 Pigeon (Globicera*Rubricera). By/. A. Kershaw, F.E.S., 

 Curator, National Museum, Melbourne ----- 239 



Notes on Birds Breeding in Dampier Archipelago, N.W. 

 Coast of Australia. By F. Lawson Whitlock, " CInltern" 

 Tudor, via Albany (IV.A.) - - - - - - - 240 



Further Notes on Additions to the " H. L. White Collec- 

 tion." By A. J. Catnpbell, C.M.B.O.U., Melbour?te - - 254 



" Down Marlo Way." Beinc; the Account of a Trip taken by Dr. 

 Brooke Nicholls, F. Nicholls, W. B. -Alexander, and Tom 

 Tregellas 265 



The Birds of the Pilliga Scrub, New South Wales. By 



J. Burton CI eland, M.D. 272 



Six Months' Record of a Pair of Mallee-Fowls, Cojninuni- 



cated by J. A. Ross, R.A.O.U., Malvern (Vic.) - - - 285 



Report on Investigations in Regard to the Spread of 

 Prickly Pear by the Scrub-Turkey. By G. B. Brookes, 

 Instructor in Agriculture, Rockhampton - - - - - 288 



Notes on Chestnut-rumped Ground-Wren (Hylacola pyrr- 



HOPYGIA, Vig. and Hors). By p. a. Gilbert, R.A.O.U. - 292 



Bell-Birds and Caterpillars. By A. H. Chishohn, R.A.O.U.- 295 



The Singing Honey-eater (Pilotis sonora). By John G. 



Mann, Fratikston ( Vic. )-------. 297 



The Nesting of Lyre-Birds. By H. V. Edwards - - - 298 



The Kookaburra. By J. T. Ryan, Parkville (Vtc.) - - - 299 



An Unidentified Petroica. By H. V. Edwards, Bega, N.S.W. 300 



A New Trait of the Goldfinch. By H. Stuart Dove, F.Z.S., 



R.A.O.U., Devonport (Tas.) - - - - - - - 301 



Stray Feathers. — Finches and Grass-Parrots, 302 ; Cuckoo Seen with Egg, 302 ; 

 The Spine-tailed Swift (Chcetura caudacuta), 302; Snakes and Young Birds, 303; 

 Rare Birds, 303; Powerful Owl and Ring-tailed Possum, 303; Red-headed Wood- 

 pecker {Melanerpes erythrocephalus't, 304 ; City Observations, 304 ; Birds and 

 Drought, 305. 



Camera Craft Notes. — The Australian Goshawk (Astur approximans), 306; 

 Spider and Chicken, 307 ; Posing the Sitter, 307 ; The Moult of Penguins, 307 ; 

 Tawny Frogmouth, 308 ; Black-faced Flycatcher. 309. 



Correspondence 310 



Bird Protection 312 



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



Librarian - - - -315 



About Members 253, 322- 



