Contents - January, 1912. 



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

 deductions he may draw.) 



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Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union— Eleventh 



(Sydney) Session --------- 147 



President's Address : A History of Australian Ornith- 

 ological Research - - - - - - - - 153 



Working Excursion and Camp-Out ------ 162 



Progress Report, Check-List Committee ----- 168 



Memorial Service to John Gilbert 169 



Bush-Birds of New Zealand. By J. C. M^Leaji, M.B.O.U., 



Gis borne, N.Z. Part III. - 171 



Relative Dimensions of the Red Blood Cells of Ver- 

 tebrates, especially of Birds. By J. Burton Cleland, 

 M.D., Ch.M., and T. Harvey Johnston, M.A., D.Sc. - - 188 



Study of Birds' Eggs. By (Dr.) R. W. Shufeldt - - - 198 



Avifauna of New South Wales Islands. By A. F. Basset 



Hull, R.A.O.U:, Sydney, N.S.W. Part II. - - - - 202 



Bird-Life in the Riverina. By fCapt.) S. A. White, 



R.A.O.U., Adelaide --------- 207 



Stray Feathers.- — snakes in Bird-nests, 187; The Dottrel in Riverina, 209; Stilts 

 Breeding near Melbourne, 209: Distribution of Black-fronted Dottrel, 210; Descrip- 

 tion of Eggs of Myzantha melanotis, 210; New Foster Parents for Fan-tailed 

 Cuckoo, 210; Another New Foster Parent for Fan tailed Cuckoo, 210; The Oriole 

 as a Mimic, 210 ; Birds Killed by Lightning. 211 ; New Eggs from the Mallee District, 

 Victoria, 211; Swallows Nesting on Railway Train, 211; Rediscovery of Pachy- 

 cephala rufogularis {Gould), 212; Notes from Belltrees (N.S.W.), 212; Near Broken 

 Hill (N.S.W.), 213 ; Descriptions of Nests and Eggs from Cape York, 213 ; Western 

 Emu-Wren, 222. 



From Magazines, &C. — The Feather-Tracts of Sphenura broadbenti (M'Coy), 

 215; Ducks Nesting in Rabbit-Burrows, 215. 



Reviews - 216 



Correspondence - - - - - 218 



South Australian Ornithological Association - - - 221 



Notes and Notices - 221 



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