I 66 I^ or gotten Feathers. [,sf"jan 



which most frequently appear off the New Zealand coasts are 

 Sterna frontalis and S. nereis. Gygis Candida, which appears 

 occasionally, may be the " Goelette blanche" of Crozet. The 

 Gannet was of tlie kind called " manche de velours," concerning 

 which we are possessed of the information that it was found in 

 the warm latitudes of the South Atlantic, especially when 

 approaching the latitude of the Cape of Good Hope, and that its 

 body was white and its wings dark in colour. The Masked 

 Gannet {Sula cyanops) has a white body and wings of a rich 

 chocolate-brown, which might fitly be described as velvety. It 

 is a bird of the tropical and sub-tropical seas of the world, and 

 has a place in the avifauna of New Zealand. From New 

 Zealand the two vessels, now under the command of Ducles- 

 meur, sailed to Guam, and thence to the Philippine Islands, but 

 as the observations of Crozet regarding birds seen after his 

 departure from New Zealand are of little moment we will follow 

 him no farther. — James R. M'Clymont. Sandy Bay, Hobart. 



From Magazines, &c. 



Bird Protection in U.S. A — The work of the Audubon, 

 Societies steadily progresses in most States, and a very good 

 idea has been adopted by the Legislature of Oklahoma. The 

 new Education Act provides that public school teachers are to 

 instruct pupils in humane ideas and kindness to wild life for one 

 half-hour each week. A teacher cannot draw pay unless this 

 provision is carried out. 



Attacked by Eagles. — Merino, Friday. — A woman named 

 Barker and a little girl about seven years of age were savagely 

 attacked by three large Eaglehawks yesterday in the Laggan 

 Paddock, adjoining their residence. The Eagles had rounded up a lot 

 of crossbred ewes, and to protect these Mrs. Barker went across, 

 taking the child with her. The birds suddenly made a concerted 

 swoop, and at one time nearly succeeded in fastening on the child, 

 notwithstanding the piercing shrieks of the mother, who eventually 

 gathered the child in her arms and beat a hasty retreat to her home. 

 — The Melbourne Argu$, 18/7/05. 



The Yellow-rumped Fin'CH. — The Aviciiltiiral Magazine for May, 

 1905, contains a beautiful coloured plate of the rare Finch Munia 

 flaviprymna. The accompanying letterpress is by Mr. D. Seth- 

 Smith, F.Z.S., who states that about a dozen living examples have 

 arrived in London of late. Mr. Seth-Smith purchased a pair. The 

 call note of this Finch is described by him as a pretty piping note, 

 exactly like that of its near ally, the Chestnut-breasted Finch. Mr. 

 H. E. Peir, Sydney, last year sent a Yellow-rumped Finch to the 



