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their names in a footnote, if only to show that desiderata 

 occur even in this excellent Collection. Of A. ingrigenis 

 many examples have lately been imported alive to England, 

 and it has been well figured by Goodchild in the ' Avi- 

 cultural Magazine' (vi. p. 317, 1908). 



After examining these two articles we are more dissatisfied 

 than ever with the practice of reducing what are quite valid 

 and well marked species to subspecific rank merely because 

 they are supposed to be representatives of each other in 

 different areas. 



13. North on new Birds from the South Pacific. 



[On Three apparently undescribed Birds from Henderson or Elizabeth 

 Island, Paumotu Group. By Alfred J. North. Rec. Austr. Mus. vol. vii. 

 No. i. 1908.] 



Six specimens, in spirit, of birds from Henderson or 

 Elizabeth Island, an outlier of the Paumotu Group, South 

 Pacific, have been lately received by the Australian Museum, 

 Sydney, from Mr. A. E. Stephen. They are referred by 

 Mr. North to three new species, which he proposes to call 

 Calliptilus (?) stepheni, Ptilopus insularis, and Porzana atra. 

 Two plates are given to illustrate the natural features of the 

 islaudj which belongs to Great Britain. 



14. North on the Nesting of the Australian Black- and- 

 White Fantail. 



[On an unusual Nesting-site of Sauloprocta melcdeuca. By Alfred J. 

 North. Rec. Austr. Mus. vii. p. 21 (1908).] 



A pair of this pretty bird, nested in 1907 in the verandah 

 of Mr. North's house at Roseville, Sydney. As the nest was 

 just opposite his sitting-room, Mr. North had good oppor- 

 tunities of observing the habits of this species, which are 

 here fully described. Mr. North noticed that both parents 

 sit, but that after a remarkably short time each bird called 

 to its mate to be relieved. The average time during which 

 each bird sat was only a quarter of an hour. This species 

 has not been previously observed to build in. a house. 



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