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The Auk. (Vol. xxxii. No. 2. Cambridge, Mass., 1915.) 



Avicultural Magazioe. (Third Series, Vol. \i. Nos. 6-8. London, 



1915.) 

 Bird Notes. (New Series, Vol. vi. Nos. 4-6. Ashbourne, 1915.) 

 British Birds. (Vol. viii. Nos. 11-12. London, 1915.) 

 California Fish and Game. (Vol. i. No. 3. San Francisco, 1915.) 

 The Condor. (Vol xvii. Nos. 2, 3. Hollywood, Cal., 1915.) 

 The Emu. (Vol. xiv. pt. 4. Melbourne, 1915.) 

 The Irish Naturalist. (Vol. xxiv. Nos. 4-6. Dublin, 1915.) 

 Journal of the Federated Malay States Museums. (Vols. v. No. 3 ; 



vi. No. 1. Kuala Lumpur, 1915.) 

 Messager Ornithologique. (1915, No. 2. Moscow, 1915.) 

 Beport of the Poultry Expert (South Australia) for the Year 1913-14. 



(Adelaide, 1915.) 

 The Scottish Naturalist. (Nos. 40-42. Edinburgh, 1915.) 

 The South Australian Ornithologist. (Vol. ii. pt. 2. Adelaide, 1915.) 



XXXI. — Letters, Extracts, and Notes. 

 The following letters have been received : — 



Messrs. Cockerell and Thorpe. 



Sir, — My attention has been called to a paper by 

 Mr. G. M. Mathews, "A recent Ornithological Discovery 

 in Australia/' published in 'The Ibis' for January 1915. 

 On p. 80 Mr. INIathews, in recoi'ding the names of the 

 collectors who " have touched at Cape York/' mentions 

 those of Messrs. Cockerell and Thorpe. He says : — ''These 

 collectors, who must stand in the forefront of careful and 

 accurate workers as regards the acquisition and preparation 

 of bird-skins, thought that by the falsification of localities 

 they might obtain better prices for their goods ; they there- 

 fore made an expedition to some islands to the north of 

 Australia, probably the Aru group, where they made a 

 magnificent collection, and then palmed these off mixed 

 with true Cape York birds as having been all procured at 

 Cape York. This collection, purchased by IMessrs, Godman 

 and Salvin, and later presented to the British Museum, has 



