2l6 From Magazines, &c. [and' April 



to colour — a Black has never moulted into a Red. — REGINALD 

 Phillips {Avicultural Magarjine, December, 1905). [This note 

 should be read in conjunction with Dr. Butler's given above. — - 



Eds. Emu\ 



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Journal of the South African Ornithologists' 

 Union. — This journal has reached its second number, and 

 contains some important articles on African ornis. A special 

 feature is three very fine half-tone photo, illustrations of birds 

 snapped in the open, with natural surroundings, viz.: — The 

 Stanley Crane {AntJiropoides paradisea), the Grass-Owl {Strix 

 capensis), and the Knysna Plantain-eater {Turacus corythaix), 



with its nest and eggs. 



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Musk-Lorikeet. — This bird appears to be sometimes 

 known abroad as Keith's Parrakeet. Capt. G. A. Perreau 

 writes to Tlie AiJicultural Magazine ixom. Bakloh, Punjab, India, 

 describing the habits in captivity of four which he possesses. 

 Musk- Lorikeets are not often regarded as cage birds in Aus- 

 tralia, probably owing to the difficulties of feeding, but Mr. F. P. 

 Godfrey successfully reared a young bird from the nest in 1904, 

 and found it made a splendid pet. Captain Perreau says his 

 birds ate canary seed ravenously, which seems curious in a 

 Lorikeet. 



Movements of Robins. — Mr. Donald Macdonald, in his in- 

 structive and pleasantly written " Nature Notes," in The Argus 

 of 26/1/06, in referring to the Flame-breasted Robins migrating 

 from the mainland to Tasmania, quotes a correspondent (" C. 

 H.") who states : — " I have seen them repeatedly when travelling 

 over to Tasmania in the months of September and the beginning 

 of October. They were going to or migrating to Tasmania, and 

 they return in the autumn. I have seen dozens of them in 

 one trip going over, and when no land was in sight." 



Sub-genera. — Dr. Ernst Hartert writes to The Auk for 

 January protesting against the use of sub-generic names, and 

 suggests that if a number of species is to be grouped into various 

 sections (having a less than generic value) this is best done by 

 using nameless headings, such as " Blue Tits," " Grey Tits," &c., 

 or " A," " B," " C." Dr. Hartert also says : — " I do not deny my 

 very strong tendency to combine allied forms as sub-species." 

 Dr. J. A. Allen replies to Dr. Hartert in the same issue, upholding 

 the use of sub-genera as serving in the case of a large genus to 

 indicate degrees of relationship. 



