II Editorial Note. 



chiefly to the aid of the Old World researchers, while the Union 

 has its own Australian " Check-list " Committee at work. Mr. 

 Gregory M. Mathews' " Hand-list " (Suppl., Emu, vol. vh.) is, 

 perhaps, a good step on the road to linality ; but, as the author 

 himself is finding it necessary to make many amendments, it 

 would be more convenient (lor editorial purposes, at all events, 

 because two or more names for the same species cannot be used 

 in the one journal) were the Australasian Science Association's 

 List (1898) followed by members and contributors, as in the last 

 decade, until the Union's " Check-list " has been comi)leted and 

 approved. 



