Contents - July, 1911. 



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(The author of each article is responsible for the facts recorded therein, and any 

 deductions he may draw.) 



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Bush-Birds of New Zealand. By J. C. M'Lean, M.B.O.U., 



Gisborne, N.Z. - - - i 



Field Notes from Cape York. By H. G. Barnard, R.A.O.U., 



Queensland - - - - - I7 



On Yorke Peninsula. By (Capt.) S. A. White, R.A.O. U., Adelaide 32 



Mallee-Fowl on Kangaroo Island. By J. W. Mellor, R.A.O. U., 



Adelaide ----------- 35 



Nesting of Psephotus h^ematonotus in Captivity. By Mrs. 



A. D. Hardy, R.A.O. U., Kew ------- 37 



A Trip to the Tunnel District, Tasmania. By P. C. Thompson, 



Launceston, Tas. --------- 39 



Description of a New Rhipidura. By Edwin Ashby, R.A.O.U.., 



Blackivood, S.A. --------- 41 



Stray Feathers. — Yellow-faced Honey-eater {PtUotis chrysops), 42 ; Spinebill 

 {Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris), 42 ; Cape Barren Goose on Nest, 42 ; Cleveland 

 (Tasmania) Notes, 42; Nesting of the Red Wattle-Bird (Acanthochcera carun- 

 culata), 43. 



Protection of Pelicans in South Australia - - - - 45, 



From Magazines, &G. — Alterations in Nomenclature, 46; A Bird of the Sierras, 

 46 ; Birds of North-East Greenland, 46 ; New Australian Sub-Species, 46 ; King 

 George as a Bird-Lover, 47 ; A New Petrel for Australia, 47. 



Reviews - - . - 48 



correspondence - - - ' - - - - - - - 52 



Obituary Notice— The late Mr. Kendall Broadbent - - - - 62 



South Australian Ornithological Association - ■ - 62 

 Notes and Notices ---------- 64 



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