454 Recently published Ornithological Works. [Ibis, 



South Australian Ornithologist. 



[The South Australian Ornithologist. A Magazine of Ornithologj', 

 ii. pts. 5-8. Jau.-Oct. 1916.] 



The four numbers of this magazine^ published during 

 last year, contain many interesting articles and show a 

 good deal of in)provement on those of the previous years. 

 Mr. G. M. Mathews continues his notes on the birds of 

 north and north-west Australia, commenced in 1915, but 

 the name of the first species listed seems to have been lost ; 

 anyhow, it does not appear, which seems to indicate some- 

 wliat defective proof-reading. Short notes on the soft parts 

 and the habits of some of the birds accompany this list, but 

 no new forms are described. Mr. A. M. Morgan writes on 

 the migrations of South Australian Swallows, and states that 

 Hirundo neoxena is only partially migratory near Adelaide 

 and can be always found during the winter, though less 

 abundantly than during the summer. Of the other species 

 Hylochelidon nigricans caleiji does not appear to leave the 

 plains of South Australia at all, while Lagenoplastes ariel is 

 a purely migratory bird arriving in September and leaving 

 before the first of April. 



Another paper of considerable interest is one by Mr. T. 

 Bellchambers, giving an accoiint illustrated with sketches 

 of the habits of the Malice Fowl {Lipoa ocellata rosince). As 

 is well known, this is one of the mound-builders, where the 

 eggs are laid and are hatched partly by hot beds at the base 

 of the mound and partly by the direct action of the sun on 

 the sand which covers them. Many interesting details are 

 given by Mr. Bellchambers, who has not only had frequent 

 opportunities of studying the birds in a wild state, but has 

 also succeeded in inducing the birds to breed in captivity. 

 He has examined thirty-one mounds since J 907. 



A second paper by Mr. A. M. Morgan deals with the 

 exploration of some of the islands in St. Vincent and 

 Spencer Gulfs, especially Althorpe and Wedge Islands, 

 where many species of sea- and water-birds breed — such as 



