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A nest and egg (white) of Spalding's Ortlionyx [Orthonyx 

 spaldingi) were obtained, and a playing-place of the Tooth- 

 hilled Bower-bird {Scenopceus dentirostris) was discovered. 

 The Australian Cassowary [Casuarius australis) also inhabits 

 these scrubs. Mr. Le Souef left on his return to Melbourne 

 on Nov. 15th, delighted, as may be well supposed, with his 

 successful expedition and the results. 



17. Le Souef on some Australian Birds' -eggs. 



[Description of some Australian Birds'-eggs and Nests collected at 

 Bloomfield, near Cooktown, Queensland. By D. Le Souef. Proc. K. 

 Soc. Victoria, 1894, p. 19.] 



In this paper Mr. Le Souef gives technical descriptions 

 and field-notes on the oological novelties obtained during 

 his Queensland expedition, such as Mimeta flavo-cinctus, 

 Sphecotheres flaviventris , Microeca flavigastra, and Ptilorhis 

 victorice. It is of great interest that the Orioles {Mime tee) 

 seem to breed in the society of the Friar-birds [Tropido- 

 rhynchi), which in some cases they mimic in plumage, and to 

 imitate their nests. 



In an appendix to this article, Mr. A. J. Campbell charac- 

 terizes a Flycatcher of the genus Arses procured in Queens- 

 land by Mr. Le Souef as a new species — Arses terrce-regina — 

 but Mr. Le Souef (as stated in a letter to the Editors) is now 

 of opinion that it is merely the adult male of A. kaupi. 



18. Lucas on the Tongue of the Cape-May Warbler. 



[The Tongue of the Cape-May Warbler. By Frederic A. Lucas. Auk, 

 1894, p. 141.]. 



This is a small contribution to a very interesting and 

 important subject. The tongue of the Passeres has not yet 

 been by any means thoroughly examined, and this organ may 

 evidently prove to be of no small importance in the vexed 

 question of the classification of this extensive order. Mr. 

 Lucas describes and figures the tongues of some species of 

 Dendrceca, Glossiptilu, Acanthorhynchus, and Ccereba, and 

 points out their differences. It appears that the principal 

 character of the so-called genus Perissoglossa has originated 



