^2 Correspondence. 



En 



July 



Page 117. — Tyio longiniembris walleri. Include \'ictoria. 



Page 141. — Geopsittacus occidentalis. Include north-west Victoria. 



Page 149. — Cyanalcyon p. pyrrhopygiiis. Include northern Vic- 

 toria. 



Page 157. — Neochalcites basalts mellori. Include Tasmania. 



Page 165. — Lagenoplastes a. artel. Include Tasmania. 



Page 170. — Smicrornis b. brevirostris. Include Victoria (Ringwood). 



Page 172. — Gerygone o. olivacea. Include Victoria (Wangaratta). 



Page 192. — Monarcha m. melanops. Include Eastern Victoria. 



Page 209. — Conopodera a anstralis. Include Tasmania. 



Page 220. — Neosericornis I. lathami. Include eastern Victoria. 



Page 226. — Leggeornis lamberti assimilis. Include north-west 

 Victoria. 



Page 251. — Climacteris eryihrops superciliosa. Include western 

 New South Wales and north-west Victoria. 



Page 268. — Add Grantiella picta borealis, Northern Territory. 



Page 286. — Myzantha f. flavigula is found associated with M. f. 

 melanotis, north-west Victoria. 



Page 292. — Tropidorhynchus c. cornicidatus. .\dd Victoria (Fern- 

 tree Gully\ 



Page 301. — Aidemosyne modesta. Add Victoria. 



Page 310. — Chlamydera m. maculata. Add north-west Victoria. 



Page 314. — Corjnis bennetti bennetti. Add north-west Victoria. 



Lately, in The Emu, opinions regarding the collector have been 

 expressed. Some members of the R.A.O.U. would not have a 

 nest, egg, or bird touched, and if this conservatism should spread 

 our scientific knowledge of geographical and economic ornithology 

 must be limited. Of course, one cannot condone indiscriminate 

 collecting, but surely (even if it is with us) it could be regulated. 



It is likely that a second edition of the " Official Check-List " will 

 be published, and. if so, it is to be hoped that it will be drawn up 

 by a committee representative of Australian ornithologists, em- 

 bracing both scientific cabinet workers and workers in the field. 

 One cannot do without the other. Such a committee, I think, 

 would have a good chance of presenting a perfect Hst to the 

 people for whom it intends to cater. 



FRANK E. HOWE. 



Canterbury (Vic). 16/5/15. 



To the Editors of " The Emu." 



Sirs, — I think that the ornithologists of Victoria should seriously 

 consider the advisability of using their influence with the Education 

 Department to induce it to alter the date of ** Bird Day." When 

 birds are engaged in nesting and their nests contain eggs or fledge- 

 lings we are instrumental in causing their haunts to be invaded 

 throughout the State by thousands of impetuous children, who, 

 though their intentions are good, cause incalculable harm, and I 

 venture to say that of the hundreds of nests discovered and 

 examined on "Bird Day" very few would be occupied a week 

 later. 



