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and ruled with the above columns, with the exception of that 

 for the result. Upon the back of the sheet would be printed 

 instructions as to procedure, the sheets to be returned when all 

 the rings are used. As opportunities for ringing birds are not 

 afforded every day, it was suggested that workers should notify 

 the central body from time to time as to what rings they had 

 utilized, with the various data required. 



All people interested, whether members of the K.A.O.U. or not, 

 who are willing to take an active part in this movement will be 

 supplied with rings of different sizes to sviit small and large birds, 

 but it is hoped that members of the Union especially will help. 



Most birds will probably be ringed as nesthngs, but oppor- 

 tunities are sometimes afforded for ringing adult specimens. 

 Occasionally birds find their way into houses ; some may be found 

 caught in rabbit traps ; and, again, some tight sitters may often 

 be caught upon the nest. Various other methods of capturing 

 birds will suggest themselves. I caught a Brown Tit-Warbler 

 {Acanthiza pusilla) that was held fast in a large spider's web. 



It is particularly desired that all opportunities for ringing birds 

 be availed of, whether the species be known wanderers or not. 

 I would especially recommend the following birds as worthy of 

 attention : — Wood-Swallows, Cuckoos, Kingfishers {Halcyonidce), 

 Caterpillar-eaters, Leaden and Satin Flycatchers, Orioles, and 

 Quail. Naturally, many rings will never be recovered. 



Some rings will be available shortly, and all who are willing to 

 help are requested to send their names and addresses to Mr. 

 A. C. Stone, 71 Tivoh-road, South Yarra, Victoria. Finally, the 

 initiators of the movement earnestly trust that no bird will be 

 killed in order to recover a ring that may have been noticed upon 

 its leg. 



Proposed Second Edition of ** Check-list." 



Recently a sub-committee was appointed by the Council of the 

 R.A.O.U. to consider the advisability of preparing a second 

 edition of the " Official Check-list of the Birds of Austraha." The 

 members were Dr. J. A. Leach and Messrs. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., 

 A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S., and Chas. Barrett, C.M.Z.S. At 

 the meeting of the Council in April, 1915, the sub-committee 

 presented its report, the recommendations being as follows : — 



I. That it is deemed advisable to proceed with the preparation 

 of a .second edition of the " Official Check-hst of the Birds of Aus- 

 tralia." The main reason for this is that " A List of British Birds," 

 compiled by a committee of the B.O.U., has just come to hand. 

 It includes over go genera, more than one-quarter of the genera 

 represented in Australia. Australian nomenclature must come 

 into line with that used in Britain. The same name must be used 

 for the same bird. 



