igZ Stray Feat hen-. [,.t^T.i-. 



of their eggs, and have: been shown a clutch of three eggs from one 

 nest, which, from their uniform colour and markings, were 

 apparently laid by the same bird. Have also been told on good 

 authority of four eggs having been found in one nest. Possibly 

 there were a pair of female birds in this case. — Tom Carter. 

 " \\'enslcydale," Mulgrave - road, Sutton, Surrey, England. 

 * * * 



The Bronze-Cuckoo in Western Australia. — Referring to my 

 letter of 17th Xoveml)(.:r, njiq {Emu, xix., p. 251), I find that I 

 have a skin of '' Chalcococcyx plagosiis " (the Bronze-Cuckoo) 

 obtained by me at Carnarvon, W.A., on i6th August, 191 1, so 

 that it is quite probable that this species does occur on Dirk Hartog 

 Island, although I procured only Chalcococcyx basalts (the Narrow- 

 l)illed Cuckoo) there. — ^ToM Carter. " Wensleydale," Mulgrave- 

 road, Sutton, Siirrey, England. 



Notes and Notices. 



Owing to the continued and increasing high costs of paper and 

 pubUcation, funds are much needed. Members who have not 

 yet forwarded -their subscription to the hon. treasurer, Mr. Z. 

 Gra}^ 65 St. Vincent-place, South Melbourne, are requested to 

 assist the R.A.O.U. by doing so at the earliest opportunity. 



Our Honour Roll. — The Honour Board of the R.A.O.U. in con- 

 nection \\ith the Great \\'ar was unveiled by Senator Brigadier- 

 General H. E. Elhott, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., D.C.M., at the 

 Union's room. Temple Court, Melbourne, on the evening of 6th 

 October, 1920. Mr. A. J. Campbell presided. 



The board, which was made of wattle-wood, polished and 

 lettered in gold, was suitably draped with flags and wreaths of 

 flowering wattle, and contains the names of 50 members (see 

 Emu, xix., p. 253) who dared to " put their lives in jeopardy " 

 at their country's call, and, alas ! of that number nine have fallen. 



' ' Their gallant lives they sacrificed to rescue the oppressed ; 

 The flowers of dear Australia — the men in khaki dressed." 



Mr. J. A. Ross, on behalf of the Union, thanked General Elhott 

 for Ins attendance and interest in our Honour Board. The General 

 narrated an incident of the war, where he was instrumentalin 

 saving a room full of natural history specimens from destruction. 

 A valuable collection of butterflies was imder " bombardment " 

 by the enemy, but it was safely removed to the Paris Museum 

 with the loss of one insect only. 



^,lvcu matter lias liad to be h(l<1 over from this, a Western 

 Australian number. 



On account of unavoidable delay, the date of publication of this 

 number was 13th January. 



