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and eggs of Common Gull, Great Black-backed Gull, Herring Gull, Lesser 

 Black-backed Gull, Hen Harrier, Marsh Harrier, Montagu's Harrier, Haw- 

 finch, Heron, Hobby and Jackdaw ; with other illustrations of adults and 

 nestlings, and typical haunts of various species. Indispensable to all 

 interested in our native avifauna. 



British Warblers.* By H. Euot Howard, F.Z.S., etc. Part II. 



A sumptuously and beautifully illustrated work of intrinsic value on 

 one of the most interesting groups of our Knglish avifauna. The coloured 

 plates figure three immature Sedge Warblers and the cf Chiff-Chaff, the? 

 Chiff-Chaff and two young; there are also five photogravures figuring the 

 two sexes in characteristic attitudes, including courting postures and flight. 

 The Yellow-browed and Grasshopper Warblers are also figured in colour. 

 Life history, Geographical distribution, etc., are fully given; and the part 

 gives promise that the completed book will be both a useful and beautiful 

 one. 



Correspondence. 



Sir, — I enclose several cuttings from the Australasian and Sydney 

 Mail, hoping they will be of some interest. J. Hume. 



[To me the cuttings were of such interest that I am reprinting same 

 in extenso, with apologies and thanks to the A. & S. Mail. — Ed.] 



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BUSH NOTES. 



By F.R. 

 THE HONEY EATERS. 



"A good test question for an examination upon Australian birds 

 "would be — 'What do you know about the honey-eaters? Describe the 

 "different varieties.' And if the examiner were honest, he would add, 

 " when marking the time allotted to the question, 'Two days.' Sometime 

 "ago I spent a few days in the Victoria valley, the other side of Dunkeld. 

 "In this bird-paradise I shot three honey-eaters, for information, and when 

 "I brought them home I tried to identify them by the aid of books of 

 " reference. One, the crescent honey-eater, was easily placed ; but the 

 "others completely beat me. I do not suppose that many people know 

 " that there are about 70 different honey-eaters to be found in Australia. 

 "Sixty of these are called, straight-out, honey-eaters, with descriptive pre- 

 " nomens, such as black-headed, fulvous-fronted, white-cheeked and so on. 

 " But the homely, cheek}-, white-eyes or silver-eyes of our gardens are also 

 "honey-eaters, and there are five of these to add to the list. Then the 



* R. H. Porter, 7, Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London, W. 



