EDITORIAL NOTE. 



In issuing the first number oi the second decade oi llic Emu, 

 the editors congratulate tlie members oi the Royal Australasian 

 Ornitliologists' Ihiion on tlie position that l)ody lias attained and 

 the good work it has done. 



It began with 21 members. Now, not only does its niember- 

 shijj include leading ornithologists all over the civilized world, 

 but it has established itself so thoroughly as to make its influence 

 so felt in all the Australasian States that in each its members are 

 working earnestly towards " the study and protection ot native 

 birds." 



But what has been done is only part of what should be done. 

 Not only is closer investigation and observation of the life-history 

 of our avifauna needed, but there are physiological — even psycho- 

 logical — problems connected with it that have hardly been 

 touched. 



Many memljers have to be thanked for what they have done 

 towards making the Union and The Emu what they are, and many 

 are capable of taking us another step forward. Is it unfair to 

 ask for their further aid ? 



For the new decade members will notice certain alterations m 

 type, which give the journal a more artistic dressing, notably the 

 introduction of the antique or Clarendon style for bird-names and 

 sub-headings. 



Regarding ornithological nomenclature, this perplexing subject 

 is still unsettled, but evidently ap])roaching finality, thanks 



