210 Notes and Notices. \^^ 



Emu 

 April 



Zealand last January, and intend to be absent about a year. 

 Mr. Iredale, in a communication to Mr. Mattingley, states : — 

 " I intend studying the bird-life myself. We have several 

 cameras, and I anticipate a goodly number of photographs of 

 birds will be taken. I hope to contribute some articles and 

 photos, of the more interesting birds to TJie Emu. I expect to 

 unravel the mystery of GEstrelata neglecta. At any rate, the 

 results of a year's observations should be valuable, and should 

 place the knowledge of the breeding habits of these Petrels on a 

 much better footing than exists at present." 



Mr. David Seth-Smith, M.B.O.U., a member of the Council 

 of the Zoological Society of London, and well known as the 

 editor of The Avicultiiral Magazine, and as the author of a 

 standard work on " Parrakeets," is at present in Australia, 

 obtaining specimens of Australian fauna for the London Zoo, 

 It is intended that those gardens may have a good collection of 

 specimens from this country during the Franco-British exhi- 

 bition to be held in London shortly. Two keepers have also 

 arriv^ed to look after the various specimens they expect to take 

 from Australia, and already the Zoological Gardens of 

 Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth, have a considerable amount of 

 stock in hand for Mr. Seth-Smith. The vessel they go by 

 should be like a floating menagerie — an Australian " ark." 

 Our members. Dr. Geo. Home and Miss E. Bowie., have 

 generously presented to the London Zoo. (through Mr. Seth- 

 Smith) the whole of the native birds in their aviaries. Similar 

 gifts would be welcomed, and could be sent to any of the 

 above-mentioned Australian Zoological Gardens to be for- 

 warded. 



The President of the A.O.U. Abroad. — At the request 

 of the editors of this journal, Mr. Dudley Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., 

 has obligingly furnished a few brief bird-notes gleaned on his 

 recent tour round the world, taken in the interests of the 

 Zoological Society of Victoria. He states : — 



" On my way fid Queensland to Japan I spent a day at Port 

 Darwin. While there I noticed a few birds, which included the 

 Roller {Eurystoinus ^wj'/rrt/z'j-), Masked Finch {Poep/iila persojiala), 

 Artamus venustus, Little Friar-Bird {Philetnofi sordidus), White- 

 gaped Honey-eater {Ptilotis unicoior), Yellow Honey-eater 

 {Ptilotis flavescens), Brown Honey-eater {GlycypJiila oailaris), 

 Lesser Goshawk {Astur crucntus), the Crow {Corvns coronoides), 

 Drongo {Chibia b^'acteata), GraUiiia picata, and Rufous Tree- 

 creeper {Cliviacteris tufa). But the country in the immediate 

 vicinity of the town was not very suitable for bird-life. I then 

 visited Dilli, in Timor, spending barely a day there, but here 

 Australian birds were again seen. They included the Pectoral 

 Rail {Hj'potaviidia pJiilippinoisis), Grey Teal {^Nettion gibberi- 



