Vol. VI. 

 1907 



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ill-fated John Gilbert are well known, being closely connected 

 with those of John Gould in the latter's great work on " The 

 Birds of Australia." A plate is given of a mural tablet which 

 was erected to Gilbert's memory by the colonists in the historic 

 St. James's Church (of England), Sydney. It reads : — 



" Dulce et decorum est pro scicntia mori. 



This Monument is Erected 



By the Colonists of New South Wales 



In Memory of 



JOHN GILBERT, 



Ornithologist, 



Who was speared by the blacks on the 29th of June, 

 1845, during the first overland expedition to 

 Port Essington by Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt and 

 his intrepid companions." 



It will be observed that a slight error occurs in the date. 

 Poor Gilbert was speared on the 28th, not the 29th, of June. 



No doubt when the annual session of the A.O.U. meets in 

 Sydney this year members will visit Gilbert's tablet, also Lewin's 

 tomb at Botany, thanks to Mr. North for drawing attention to 

 them. If Mr. North has any further " old-time memories," of, 

 say, Macgillivray, Swainson, and other early ornithologists who 

 were known to visit Australia, all present-day bird-lovers would 

 welcome them. 



Reviews. 



[" The Useful Birds of Southern Australia, with Notes on Other Birds." By Robert 

 Hall, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., &c. T. C. Lothian, Melbourne and Sydney, 1907.] 



This little work will be gladly welcomed as a " pocket edition " 

 of much useful information pertaining to the utility of Australian 

 birds. 



The contents have been divided by the author into — (r) 

 Insect-eating Birds ; (2) Insect and Vermin-destroying Birds ; 

 (3) Insect and Seed-eating Birds; (4) Insect and Fruit-eating 

 Birds ; (5) Insect, Nectar, and Fruit-eating Birds ; and (6) 

 Insectivorous Birds and others introduced from the Northern 

 Hemisphere. The work is fully illustrated, chiefly with reduced 

 blocks in monotone from Gould's celebrated work on birds and 

 by several excellent reproductions of nests, &c. (from the 

 author's negatives and others), some of which have already been 

 used in TJie Enm, as acknowledged by the author. The picture 

 of the little favourite — the Blue Wren — on page 79 is an original 

 and exceedingly happy snap by Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley. 



Mr. Hall has apparently written this book for the masses, 

 and clearly demonstrates the important part birds play in 



