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1919 



J Cuyres/?oii(/cine. 145 



manner," I ri'fenvd only to my Rol)ins' peculiar habit of building 

 their nest either on a piU' of cattle or horse manure or on a clod 

 of earth. Inu'ther, as several pairs of this Robin were seen at 

 different tiuu's and in dilYerent localities a])out Mittagong (X.S.W.), 

 and as l)oth new and old nests (situated as l)efore-mentioned) 

 were found, I think the suggestion that they arc merely Flame 

 or Scarlet-breasts nesting in immature plumage is, ipso facia, 

 negatived. .\nd, again, a writer in the Sydney Mail, years after 

 I discovered tlu'se birds, also refers to a Robin " one of the 

 Petroica species " which nested on piles of " horse or cow 

 manure." Therefore, I think there is still good reason to believe 

 that the birds which nest in this strange manner are a species of 

 Petroica as \'et unidentiht'd. -Yours, (Src, 



H. V. EDWARDS. 

 Bega (X.S.W.), 14/7/ 1 '^ 



To Ihc Editors of " The Emu." 

 Sirs, — (i) The Government has decided to compile a " War 

 Record of the People of Australia," to include all those who have 

 served or volunteered for service in the recent war. 



(2) The list will be published by States, each State's portion 

 being subdivided into two sections — the first section containing 

 in lexicographical order the names of all those who have served 

 abroad : the Australian Navy, the Australian Imperial Force, 

 and the Naval and Military Expeditionary F^orce (Tropical Unit) ; 

 the second section will contain all those who — 



{a) Volunteered for active service, but were medically 

 rejected or retained by instructions from the Common- 

 wealth Government. 

 {l>) luilisted men discharged or died in Australia ]:)efore 



embarkation. 

 (f) Troops and nurses engaged by the Government for 



service with the Imperial Forces. 

 {d) Persons resident in Australia who have served with the 



Forces of Great Britain, India, or the Dominions. 

 [c) Persons resident in Australia who have engaged in the 

 Australian Transport Service or as merchant seamen 

 in vessi-ls operating in European waters. 



(j) Those who have deserted without any actual fighting 

 service to their credit are t(^ be excluded from the lists. Periods 

 of detention as prisoners of war will lie included. Any honours 

 or decorations conferred will be sliown. 



(4) Records of na\'al f-'crsotnicl will be shown separati'h' in each 

 \dlnnie. 



(5) As regards the sec-ond portion of the lists, wliieli will com- 

 prise those mentioned in paragraph 2 [a] to (<•) abo\n', it has \)co\\ 

 arranged for a small Standing Connnittee (to include a naval 



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