210 Notes and Notices. [ist^April 



Suggestions as Subjects for Papers. — i. Why should 

 Petnvca phccnicea do, as Mr. J. W. Mellor says — " all leave 

 lowlands at approach of spring, and repair to the elevated regions 

 and Tasmania to breed ? " 2. Did Union members — as to 

 AcantJiornis magna — kill the "last of the tribe," or was it the 

 first .'' 3. Why should Kingfishers be absent from such a well- 

 wooded and watered country as Tasmania (see p. 167)? 4. 

 Cannot anyone give a feasible explanation of the absence of the 

 Lyre-Bird from Tasmania? 5. There are some portions of the 

 full life-history of the Snipe {Gatlinago aiistralis) wanting. 

 Why cannot they be supplied ? Is it lack of observation 

 again } — H. K. 



Editorial. — The Council of the A.O.U. has accepted with 

 regret the resignation of Mr. Henry Kendall, who, on account 

 of urgent private business, retires from active work in connection 

 with the Union. For the first four years of its existence Mr. 

 Kendall was one of the co-editors of The Emu, and latterly an 

 advisory editor. The Council has had engrossed upon its 

 minutes its very great appreciation of Mr. Kendall's services in 

 the cause of ornithology. A copy of the minute has been 

 forwarded to Mr. Kendall. 



Mr. C. F. Belcher, M.A., LL.B., one of the present editors, 

 will be absent in Europe for the next 12 months. During his 

 absence Mr. A. J. Campbell, Col. Mem. B.O.U., will act as 

 locum tenci/s for Mr. Belcher. 



Prospective Trips. — Mr. Thos. P. Austin, of Cobborah, 

 N.S.W., writes : — " My present intentions are to take a trip to 

 Cardwell, North Queensland, this year, as soon as my shearing 

 is finished, for the purpose of bird-observing. The following 

 year, if possible, I hope to visit the Abrolhos Group, off the 

 coast of Western Australia. Should you know of anyone willing 

 to join with me in either of these trips I should be very 

 thankful if you would ask them to communicate with me." 



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