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Under the heading of non-recognition of contemporaries, it may 

 be noted that in " Nests and Eggs " one single reference only to 

 The Emu and Mr. Milligan can be found ; eminent authorities such 

 as Campbell, Hull, Mathews, and others might just as well have 

 never lived for any credit they receive. 



This work might very properly be entitled " Nests and Eggs 

 of Some of the Birds Found Breeding in Australia and Tasmania 

 and Elsewhere." 



In the accompanying list I draw attention to any omission, 

 inconsistency. &c.. that has come under my notice wliile studying 

 Mr. North's book :— 



Catheturus purpureicollis (I-c Soucl). — Eggs of this bird were de- 

 scribed in The Ibis of 1898, p. 52. Description should have been in 

 its proper place in the book, and not in the Appendix. 



Synoecus sordidus (Gould), Synoecus cervinus. — Sub-species of S. 

 aiistralis (eggs well known), recognized by other authorities ; omitted 

 by Mr. North. 



Turnix castanonota (Gould). — Bird distinct, and well known. 

 (Kp;gs described in Emu, ii., p. 94.) Not rnentioned by Mr. North. 



Turnix olive! (Robinson). — Omitted ; eggs unknown. 



Leucotreron alligator (Collett). — Bird distinct, but eggs unknown. 

 Why should Mr. North include a sub-species like Chalcophaps occidentalis, 

 whose eggs are undescribed, and leave out such a remarkable form as 

 /. . alligator ? 



Chalcophaps occidentalis (North). — Probably synoymous with C. 

 longirostris (Gould). Mr. North devotes a paragraph to it, but does 

 not mention the eggs. 



Petrophassa rufipennis (Collett). — Another distinct species ; eggs 

 unknown. Omitted by Mr. North, but surely more worthy of in- 

 clusion than the last preceding sub-species. 



Eulabeornis castaneiventer (Gould). — Omitted. Bird well known. 

 Eggs mentioned in A. J. Campbell's "Nests and Eggs" ; authentic 

 specimens, taken at Melville Island, N.T., in my collection. 



PufTinus assimilis (Gould). — Bird described, but no mention of 

 Australian-laid eggs. 



PufTinus carneipes (Gould). — To be consistent with the title of his 

 book, Mr. North should have recorded the Western Australian habitat 

 only of this bird ; the Lord Howe Island form is a stib-species — P. 

 carneipes hidliornis (Mathews). If some of the Lord Howe Island 

 birds are included, why omit Merula, Aplonis, and others ? 



Puffinus gavia (Forster). — Bird mentioned, but nothing said about 

 its eggs. 



(Estrelata solanderi (Gould). — If birds (Petrels, &c.) with Aus- 

 tralian visiting records are elsewhere included {e.g., Procelsterna 

 cinerea and Gygis alba), why not include this species, which breeds 

 on Lord Howe Island and visits Australia ? 



Sterna fuliginosa (Gm.) — Why devote two pages to the Lord Howe 

 and Norfolk Island breeding-places of this species, and only three 

 brief paragraphs to its Western Australian haunts ? 



