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Notes 



"Type Descriptions and the International Code."- — At the end 

 •of the article by A. J. and A. G. Campbell {Emu, ante, p. 192), 

 it should be explained that the three- fold resolution there men- 

 tioned was carried unanimously at the Adelaide Session, and re- 

 ferred to the Council for further action. 



Habits of Cuckoos. — In his recent book "The Cuckoo's 

 Secret," Mr. Edgar Chance describes and illustrates in most 

 complete manner the egg-laying methods of the Cuckoo familiar 

 in Great Britain (Cucnliis canoriis). With the object of stimu- 

 lating further interest in the habits of Cuckoos generally, Mr. 

 Chance offers to wager any amount up to £500 that any parasitic 

 bird in any part of the world lays its eggs direct into the nests 

 of its victims, and never inserts the tgg with its beak. 



Now, Mr. Chance has made such a close study of the Cuckoo 

 that there may be little likelihood of anyone qualifying for the 

 £500. But the interest of the subject is such that Australian 

 observers should endeavor to solve the mystery as regards our 

 own Cuckoos as conclusively as Mr. Chance has done with the 

 European bird. Notes on the habits of Cuckoos will be wel- 

 <:omed by the Editor of this journal. 



