^8 Barrett, Additions to the Lihvavy. [,sf"juiy 



" Ornithological Notes," edited by A. F. Basset Hull. Australian 

 Zoologist, vol. i., part 6, p. 177. 



An interesting budget of notes on such subjects as " Nesting 

 Habits of Artamiis," " Pelicans at Lake Cowal," " Sagacity of 

 Brooding Birds," &c. There are some excellent illustrations 

 from photographs. This should prove a popular feature in the 

 journal. 



"The Flight of a Falcon," by Thomas P. Austin. Australian 

 Zoologist, vol. i., part 6, p. 185. 



Deals chiefly with the Black-cheeked Falcon {Falco niclano- 

 genys). Mr. Austin considers that this bird, in pursuit of its prey, 

 is the fastest living creature on the wing in Australia. 

 "The Crow Family," by Walter W. Froggatt, F.L.S. Australian 

 Zoologist, vol. I, part 6, p. i8g. 



x\ valuable contribution to economic ornithology. Mr. 

 Froggatt declares that " the wholesale condemnation of Crows 

 is a grave mistake, and that their indiscriminate destruction 

 should not be allowed, for in most places the Crows do more good 

 than harm to the man on the land, and should be protected where 

 they are useful." 

 " Third Anzac Number of the Avicultural Magazine." 



This number contains the following articles on Australian 

 birds : — " The Passing of the Spotted Emu," by Graham Ren- 

 shaw, M.D., F.R.S.E. ; " Notes on Barraband Parrakeets," by the 

 Marquis of Tavistock ; " The Twelve Swiftest Birds in Australia " 

 (concluded in vol. x., part 5) and " Pugnacious Australian Birds," 

 by E. S. Sorenson. 



" Birds-of-Paradise," by An Old Australian Bird-Lover. Avi- 

 cultural Magazine, vol. x., part 5, p. 88. 



Deals with Birds-of-Paradise in captivity. The author has had 

 remarkable success in acclimatizing the Red, the King, the 

 Superb, and other Birds-of-Paradise. The King species, he notes, 

 is a great mimic. 



"In the Pine and Mallee " (Part 11. ), by J. W. Mellor. South 

 Australian Ornithologist, vol. iv., part 2, p. ;;(). 



Field notes on birds identified in the Hundred of Bookpurnong, 

 South Australia. 



Articles of General Ornithological Lnterest. 



" Notes on the Height at Which Birds Migrate," by Captain 

 Collingwood Ingram, M. B.O.I'. Ibis, vol. i., part 2, p. 321. 

 An article on a branch of ornithology upon which, as the author 

 states, we are profoundly ignorant. Yet he is able to give 

 observations that shed at least a dim light on the subject. Mr. 

 F. M. Chapman, in 1887, observed birds flying across the moon's 

 disc at estimated elevations varying from 6,000 feet to 14,000 feet. 

 The height at which birds migrate, it is pointed out, is governed 

 very largely by the meteorological conditions prevailing at the 

 time. In clear weather the majority of species fly high ; when 



