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of 30 Living Orders," " Ont' of the Duck Drawers," showing 24 

 clutches in their down. Then tlierc are groups of " Well-collected 

 Nests," and wliat not to do - " An Overcrowded Arrangement," 

 &c. 



As at present constituted, the institution has a " Board of 

 Visitors," among which are two hon. meml:)ers of the R.A.O.U. — 

 namely. Prof. Robt. Ridgway and Dr. Robt. \V. Shufeldt. There 

 are also " Fellows," " Patrons," " Members " (a subscription of 

 five dollars a year), " Patron Collectors," " Field Members," 

 " Exchange Collectors," " Corresponding Members," and 

 " Authorized Collectors." The president is Mr. Joel R. Filhian, 

 and the secretary ]\Ir. Wm. Leon Dawson, at present engaged on 

 " The Birds of California," and who has been " an incorrigible 

 collector of birds' eggs " for 35 years and has never missed a 

 season ! A good recommendation for field work, not to mention 

 health. For the rest of the contents of a breezy journal on 

 nature study one must refer to its pages for " Our Present Equip- 

 ment," " Museum Functions," " How to Collect and Preserve 

 Birds' Nests," " To the Scientific Collector of Birds' Eggs," &c. 

 L^pon request a free copy of the first issue will be mailed to any 

 person interested in the M.C.O. who has not received one. 

 Additional copies are 25 cents each. 



As an encouragement for others " to do likewise," it may be 

 noted that our enthusiastic member, Mr. Rowland H. Archer, 

 in 1917 presented the M.C.O. with 42 sets of Austrahan eggs. 

 Again last year, he sent 43 sets — fourteen with nests. This lot 

 contained " a prized egg of the Lyre-Bird (Menjira)." 



["In Australian Wilds: the Gleanings of a Naturalist." By Charles 

 Barrett, C.M.Z.S., author of "From Range to Sea," "The Wide Horizon," 

 and "The Isle of Palms." With illustrations from photographs by the 

 author. Melbourne Publishing Co. 19 19. 6s.] 



" It is a book to read and keep for company's sake, in the same 

 sense that a picture is so often aptlv described as ' good to live 

 with.' " Thus Mr. Donald Macdonald concludes his introduction 

 to this volume, and the estimate is sound. There is little need 

 to introduce ^Ir. Barrett to that growing body of the Australian 

 public which cares for natural things in their proper settings. 

 least of all to ornithologists, for his work as a patient observer, 

 a keen photographer, and a telling writer is already well known. 

 " In Australian Wilds " reflects the author at his best. The 

 chapter headings will indicate its width of range : " The Bush 

 Hut," " Cjippsland Wilds," " Sea-Birds' Haunts," " The Mallee 

 Country," " Through the Big Swamps," " Eyre Peninsula,',' 

 " Where tlie Pi-lican Builds," " Across the Plains," " Among tlie 

 Palms," " Coral Isles." More than 100 photographs have been 

 reproduced to illustrate the attractively written narrative. It 

 would be safe to predict a ready sale for tliis excellently- 

 produced addition to tlie list of works on nature in Australia. 



