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Emu 

 April 



adult specimens of a Chalcophaps, which Mr. North has 

 designated C. occidentalis, or the Lilac-mantled Pigeon. Mr. 

 North remarks that "this species is allied to the well-known 

 C. chrysocJilora (Little Green-Pigeon), from which it may be 

 distinguished by the lilac-mauve colour of the head, hind-neck, 

 and upper back, the more pronounced bronze colour of the 

 wings, and the larger white shoulder-patch." 



Birds of the Philippine Lslands. — Australian students 

 will be gratified to hear again from that indefatigable collector, 

 Mr. R. C. M'Gregor.* His reprints from the PJiilippine Journal 

 of Science, vol. ii., October, 1907, form quite a large pamphlet, 

 and are : — " Notes on a Collection of Birds from the Island of 

 Basilan, with Descriptions of Three New Species ; " " Descrip- 

 tions of Four New Philippine Birds ; " " The Occurrence of 

 Blyth's Wattled Lapwing and the Scaup Duck in the Philippine 

 Islands;" "Note on a Bird Unrecorded from Mindanao;" 

 " Notes on Specimens of the Monkey-eating Eagle {Ptthecophaga 

 jefferyi) from Mindanao and Luzon;" " Notes on Birds 

 Collected in Cebu ; " "Birds Observed in Bantayan Island, 

 Province of Cebu ; " " The Birds of Bohol ; " and " The Birds 

 of Batan, Cansiquin, Y' Ami, and Babuyan Claro Islands, North of 

 Luzon." The above papers contain notes of many KsxsXxc-ciim- 

 Australian migrants, and are accompanied by several excellent 

 photo. -block reproductions, notably a fine figure, taken from a 

 living bird, of a " Magpie " Swamp-Hawk [Circus melano- 



leucus). 



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The New Zealand Avifauna. — " Field-Notes on Some of 

 the Bush-Birds of New Zealand. By J. C. M'Lean, M.B.O.U. 

 With an Appendix on the Species of the Genus Pseudogerygone. 

 By W. R. Ogilvie-Grant," is an important article, with special 

 interest to New Zealanders, which appeared in the last (October) 

 issue of TJie Ibis. It was based on observations made during 

 the winter and spring of 1906, in a portion of the North Island 

 about 40 or 50 miles inland from Poverty Bay. Mr. M'Lean 

 was supervising the clearing of a large tract of virgin bush to 

 make way for stock, and therefore had excellent opportunites of 

 studying bird life in its original state. By way of supplementing 

 the more technical matter in Mr. M'Lean's excellent article, he 

 has been good enough to promise a paper of a popular kind 

 for TJie Emu on this country when he has completed his 

 observations — therefore further comment on the present article 

 might mean anticipation for Australian readers. However, Mr. 



* At the twenty-fifth Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, Mr. 

 M'Gregor was elected a Fellow — an honour well merited. 



