Contents April, 1922 



Each Author is responsible for the opinions and facts expressed in his article. 



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The Lyre-Bird, Meiiura novae- hollandiae, Latham. By A. J. 



Campbdl, C.M.B.O.U., F.A.O.U. - ■ - '- - 241 



Prince Edward's Lyre-Bird at Home. By Spencer Roberts, 



M.B., K.A.O.U., Stanthorpe, Queensland - - 242 



The Dusky Miner {Myzantha obscura), Gould, with its siib- 

 species, compared with the Yellow throated Miner 

 {Myzantha flavigula), Gould. By Edwin Ashby, F.L.S., 

 M.B.O.U., " Wittunga," Blackwood. South Australia - 252 



Birds Around a Homestead. By Charles Barrett, C.M.Z.S., 



Melbourne - - - 257 



Observations and Records of Australian Sea-birds, 1920-1. 

 By W. B. Alexander, M.A., R.A.O.U., C.F.A.O.U., Prickly 

 Pear Laboratory, Sherwood, Brisbane - - - - 261 



Papua— The Land of Birds. By A. H. Wilson, Visiting 

 Ornithologist from Great Britain. Communicated by Dr. 

 J. A. Leach, C.M.B.O.U. 273 



A Visit to the Archipelago of the Recherche S.W. Australia. 

 By A. F. Basset Hull, C.F.A.O.U., Hon. Ornithologist, 

 Australian Museum, Sydney ------ 277 



Birds Observed near Wellington. N.Z. By R. H. D. Stidolph, 



R.A.O.U., Masterton, N.Z. ------ 290 | 



On the Skeleton of the Wedge-tailed Eagle {Uroaetus audax, 

 Latham). By R. W. Shufeldt, M.D., C.M.Z.S., R.A.O.U., 

 Washington, D.C. -------- 295 



Tasmanian Notes. By H. Staurt Dove, F.Z.S., West Devon- 

 port, Tasmania -....-.- 306 



About Members - - - - 308 



Camera Craft. — Pallid Cuckoo's Egg in Pipit's Nest, 309 : Nest of 

 Black Tree-creeper, 310; Sidney William Jackson climbing to 

 the nest of a Mistletoe-Bird, 310. 



Stray Feathers.— Great Bower-Bird and its playthings. 294; Black 

 Kites, 311 ; Spotted Crake in a Grass Crop, 312 ; Australian Mag- 

 pie and Sparrow, 312 ; Nankeen Night Herons and Younu Ducks, 

 312; Fossil Birds in New Zealand, 313; Cuckoo carr\' 

 Change in Plumage in the Koel Cuckoo, 314 ; The N 

 Magpie, 314; Change in Colour of Bill mul Irisof il 

 Drongo Shrike and Hornets. 315; St.r \ 



lines, 315; Starlings roost in the Zoob 



normal Clutches of Eggs, 316; V,'rA. ' 



Stone Curlews, 317. 



Forgotten Feathers. — Notes on the haun.t ui iMi.i 1 la 'u .. 11, liio 

 Logbooks of the " Lady Nelson," 318 



Obituary ---------- 320 



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