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Publications Received. 



The Australian Naturalist, January, 1916. 



The Victorian Naturalist, January and February, 1916. 



The January number contains an interesting article by Mr. 

 G. A. Keartland, entitled " A Study of Birds at Bi^eeding Time." 



The Report of the Board of Governors of the Public Library, 

 Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia for 1914-15. 

 It is stated in the report that the Museum now contains the 

 skins of 520 species of birds, and the collection includes many 

 sub-species and different phases of plumage due to age, sex, 

 season, and colour variation. 



The Zoologist, November-December, 1915. 



In the November number is an interesting and instructive article 

 on the " Pleistocene and Later Bird Fauna of Great Britain and 

 Ireland," by Mr. Alfred Bell. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 April to August, 1915. 



Avicultural Magazine, November, December, 1915, January, 1916. 

 In the November number Dr. A. J. Butler gives an account of 

 the longevity of Zebra Finches (Tceniopygia castanotis) in an aviary. 

 His experience is that the birds need much shelter in winter. In 

 his aviary, in which he introduced a radiator in cold weather, they 

 lived for years, and bred all the year round. Dr. Butler concludes 

 that these birds, although hardy, are naturally short-lived, 

 although one of his specimens lived for 10 years. The December 

 number contains an article by the Marquis of Tavistock on 

 " Pennant Parrakeets at Liberty." Many of the birds made full 

 use of their liberty by flying away from where they would be 

 protected and fed. In one case the young left the nest when in 

 adult crimson plumage, which is very unusual. Dr. Hopkinson 

 concludes his article on " English Names for the Parrots." In 

 the January number Mr. G. A. Heumann gives an account of his 

 week-end trips to the country adjacent to Sydney in spring, and 

 of the bird-hfe he saw there. 



British Birds, November, December, 1915, January, 1916. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie, November, December, 1915. 



In the November number appears an interesting article by 

 Mons. P. Bede on " Birds and Electricity." In the December 

 number Dr. Millet-Horsin gives a list of 36 birds observed at the 

 island of Lemnos. Many of the birds mentioned were also 

 observed by Dr. H. W. Bryant, R.A.O.U., of Melbourne. 



Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institute for 1914. 



Expeditions to little-known parts of the world continue to be 

 sent out by the Institute, and their results must greatly enrich 



