Contents 



January 1922 



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Cinclosoma alisteri (Mathews) Black-Throated Ground-Bird. 



ByA.J.Campbcll,C.M.B.O.U.,F.A.O.U. - ■ - 161 



Two New Subspecies of Birds. By H. L. White, M.B.O. U.. 



C.F.A.O.U , " Belltrees, ' ' Scone, N. S. W. - - - - 163 



Descriptions of New Nests and Eggs. By H. L. White, 



M.B.O.U., C.F.A.O.U.. " Belltrees," Scone, N.S.W. - 164 



Abnormal and Curious Combination Clutches. BvH. L. White, 



M.B.O.U., C.F.A.O.U., " Belltrees," Scone.N.S.W. ■ 167 



Notes from the NuUarbor Plain. By F. Lawson Whitlock, 



R.A.O.U., Tudor, via Albany, W.A. - - - - 170 



Some Birds of Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory. By 

 A. J. Caryipbell, C. M.B.O. U, F.A.O.U. With Observations 

 from the Diary of Wm. McLennan, R.A.O.U.- - - 188 



Types of the Australasian Genera of Penguins. By R. Stuart- 

 Sutherland, R.A.O.U., Puysegur Point, N.Z. - - - 198 



An Impression of the Birds of Australia. By A. H. Wilson, 



Visiting Ornithologist /rom Great Britain - - - 202 



Notes on Petrels washed ashore, West Coast, Auckland 



Province, N.Z. ByR. A. Falla, R.A.O. U, Auckland, N.Z. 206 



The White-Plumed Honey-eater {Meliphagapenicillata), Gould, 

 and its various sub-species. By Edwin Ashby, F.L.S., 

 M.B.O. U., " Wittunga," Blackwood, South Australia - 208 



The Annual Congress and Camp-out of the R.A O.U. - - 210 



Birds observed during the R.A. O.U. Camp-out, Wallis Lake, 

 By S. A. White, C.M.B.O.U., C.F.A.O.U., Weivnga, 

 Ftilham, South Australia - - • . • - 217 



Early Breeding of Ground or Low-nesting Birds. By H. 



Gogerley, R.A.O.U., Lake Wallis, N.S.W. - - - 222 



Some remarks on Re-naming Birds and the Rules of Zoo- 

 logical Nomenclature. By A. f. Campbell, C.M.B.O.U., 

 F.A.O.U. 224 



Camera Craft. — The Leaden Flycatcher, 

 in the Snow, Tasmania, Plate 48. 



229; Black Bell-Magpie 



Stray Feathers. — Eggs of Black-ringed Finch, 169; Albino Aus- 

 tralian Pipit or Groind Lark, 169; Hawk and Dottrels. 169; 

 Rufous Fantail, 187 ; Eagle and Cockatoo, 197 ; White Tips to 

 Tail Feathers. 205; The "White Gallinule," 230; Blue Wren 

 Warblers Roosting High, 231. 



State Secretaries' Reports 



Reviews 



Obituary .....---- 

 Economic Section— Birds and the Caterpillar Pest. />> If. / 



Slaney, R.A.O.U., Moorooduc, Vic. 

 Notes - - - - - 



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European Agents: 

 H. F. & G WITIIERBY. 326 Hicii Holdorn. London. 



