Vol. XXI 

 1921 



] Library Xotcs. . 149 



As soon as the }()uny; liiixls reached this sjxjI tlie old i Kner 

 flew away, and did not chase them again. Evidently it was one 

 of the parents driving the young to a place where they could 

 hide from enemies. — Bkice W. Leakk, R.A.O.U., Cardonia, 

 \Voolundra, \\'.A. 5/9/21. 



A "South-coastal Selborne/'—'/V/r Bunt, July, 1921. In my 

 list of birds found in a \ ery linuted area on the far South Coast 

 of New South Wales, 1 inadvertently omitted the White-naped 

 Honeyeater, or "Blackcap" (McHthreptus atricapillus), and the 

 White-shafted Fantail (Rliipidura albiscapa), both very com- 

 mon, also the Friar I'ird (Tropidorhyncus cornicidatus) , seen 

 occasionally, but commoner further inland. The W^hite-shafted 

 Fantail, by the way, occasionally lays again in the same nest 

 after being robbed of its first clutch of eggs, which few birds do. 

 The addition of these three birds brings the total number of 

 species observed in the above-mentioned quarter to 165. — H. V. 

 Edwards, Bega, X.S.W. 



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New Zealand Birds in Captivity.— I lately obtained from New 

 Zealand two Paradise drakes and one duck and four wekas, 

 which soon made themselves at home in my three-acre 7.oo. as 

 I call it. The Paradise Ducks are evidently a Sheldrake, and 

 \ery like our ^Mountain Duck in shape, colouring and note, ex- 

 cept the female, which has a white head. One of the wekas, 

 has made a nest, and I am hoping that she will lay. My pair 

 of Black Swans (I hope they are a pair) have made a nest, 

 and so far laid four eggs in five days. I am hoping they will be 

 fertile, and that she will hatch them out safely. 



Ernest G. Austix. R.A.O.U., "Borriyalloak," Skipton. 



Library Notes 



By F. ERAS:\IUS WILSON, R.A.O.U., Hon. Librarian. 



Owing to lack of sj^ace, library notes were not published in the 

 last two or three issues of The Emu. Since the last notes were 

 given, the following publications have been received : — 



The ]"ictorian Naturalist, vol. xxxvii., parts 4 to 12; vol. xxxviii., 



parts 1, 3-5. 

 Science and Industry, vol. ii., parts 1 to 12. 

 The .lustralian Naturalist, vol. iv., part 11. 

 The Ibis, vol. ii., 11th series, i)arts 3, 4; Vol. iii., 11th series, 



parts 1-3. 

 Bird Lore, vol. xxii., parts 2-h, vol. xxiii., parts 1-3. 

 The Az'icultural Maqazine, vol. xi., parts 3, 5-12; vol. xii.. ])arts 



1-6. 



