64 Soii/li Aiis/Kiliaii Ornithological Association. [,sl''"juiy 



near completion of the restoration of the skeleton of the long-extinct 

 mammoth bird of Central Australia {Gcnvor/iis nc^vtonii), the remains of 

 which had been discovered at Lake Calabonna. This giant bird was con- 

 siderably larger than the Cassowary. No known bird had such a large 

 pelvis, the one in cjucstion being over 2 feet long. The sternum bone was 

 also proportionately large. Dr. A. M. Morgan was elected president, Mr. 

 A. H. C. Zietz, F.L.S., vice-president, and Mr. J. W. Mellor hon. secretary 

 and treasurer, these to form the general committee of management. 



Publications Received. 



Auk, The, XXII. , Part 4, Oct., 1906 ; Part 5, Jan., 1907. 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, 1906. 

 Aiislralian Naturalist, The, I., Part 4, Oct., 1906. 

 Avicultural Maga.zinc, The, Oct., Nov., Dec, 1906; Jan., 

 Feb., March, 1907. 



Bird-Lore, VIII., Nos. 4-6; IX., No. i. 



Haivkesbury Agricultural College Journal, The, IV., Parts i, 



2, 3. 4- 



Geelot/g Naturalist, The, Jan., 1907. 



Ibis, 77/^, July-Oct., 1906; Jan., 1907. 



Royal Society of Victoria, Proceedings, XIX., Parts i and 2. 



Records of Canterbury Museum (Christchurch, N.Z.), I., Part i. 



Linnean Society N.S.W., Proceedings of, No. 120, April, 

 1906; No. 122, Oct., 1906; No. 124, March, 1907. 



South African Ornithologists' Union, The Journal of the, 

 Dec, 1906. 



Victorian Naturalist, The, Oct., Nov., Dec, 1906; Jan., P'eb., 

 Mar., April, 1907. 



Zoologist, The, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec, 1906 ; 

 Jan., Feb., Mar, 1907. 



Beebe, C W., The Swans ; Spring- Moult of Lams atricilla. 



Whitman, C. O., The Problem of CJrigin of Species. 



Palmer, T. S., P'ederal Game Protection, U.S.A. 



National Association of Audubon Societies. Leaflet No. 24 : 

 The Bluebird. Leaflet No. 21 : The Scarlet Tanager. Leaflet 

 No. 6 : The Bartramian Sandpiper. 



U.S. Department of Agriculture. Bulletin No. 19. Hunting 

 Licences. 



Treasurer's Note.— Consequent upon the voluntary resignation of Mr. 

 E. Brooke Nicholls, the Council of the A. O.U. has appointed as hon. treas- 

 urer Mr. J. A. Ross, Crown Solicitor's Office, Lonsdale-street, Melbourne. Mr. 

 Ross retiuests that members, when making payments, will kindly forward 

 cheques drawn to order or postal mone>- orders, payable to tlic Australasian 

 Ornit/ifllogists' Unio)i, and not to an official or individual ; to add exchange 

 to cheques, if subject thereto ; and to cross all cheques and postal orders. 



