Vol- xi>^J Additions to the Lihyary. I5g 



" Report on tlic Progress and Condition of thi' United States 

 National Museum for the Year Ending .jotli June, igi8." 

 Washington : Government Printing Oiftce. 

 This report states tliat, by an exchange with tlie Pul)lic Library, 



Museum, and Art Gallery of Western Australia, ten s{)ecies and 



six genera hitherto unrepresented in the nuiseuni wen- added 



to the bird ct)llections. 



Reprints of contributions by Harry C. Obi'rholsia- to the Pro- 

 ccedings of the United States Muscimi : " I'he Races of 

 the Nicobar Mcgapode," " The l>irds of the Tambelon 

 Islands," &c., &c. 



II. — Periodicals Received ix Exchange. 



Australian Xatiinilisl, vol. i\-., part 7. 



Auk, vol. xxxvi., part 3. 



Avicultural Magazine, vol. x., parts 7 and 8. 



British Birds, vol. xii., part 12 : vol. xiu.. i)art i. 



Bird Lore, vol. xxi., part 3. 



Condor, vol. xxi., part 3. 



Proceedings of the Royal Socicly of I'idoria, vol. xxxi., part 2. 



Proceedings of the Liiniean Society of Next' South ]Vales, vol. xliv., 



part I. 

 Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie, Nos. 117, 118, and 120. 

 Science and Industry, vol. i., parts i and 2. 

 South Australian Ornithologist, vol. iv., part 3. 

 Victorian Naturalist, vol. xxxv., parts 10, 11, and 12. 



Articles ox Australasiax Birds ix the Periodicals Ixcluded 

 IX the Above List. 



"The History of Birds' Nests," by A. G. Butler, Ph.D. Avi- 

 cultural Journal, vol. x., part 7, p. 119. 

 The nest of Grallina picata is mentioned by Dr. Butler, and his 

 article is illustrated with a fine photograph (by Messrs. R. T. 

 Littlejohns and S. A. Lawrence, both members of the R.A.O.U.) 

 of a White-browed \\'(;od-Swallow at its nest. 



"Notes from the l.ake l-rome District (S.A.)," bv ]. Neil M'(;ilp, 

 J. P., R..\.().r. South Australian Ornithologist, vol. iv., 

 part 3, p. 70. 

 An interesting list of the liirds observed on Moolawatana Station 



from March, 1918, to March, i()ic). Of the 136 native species 



noted, 70 are known to breed in the district. 



" Regent Honey-eaters : Visit to tlu' Adi'laide Plains," by 



J. W. Mellor, R.. V.O.I'. South Australian Ornithologist, 



vol. iv., part 3, p. 74. 



Dm-ing the latter part of .\pril and early in May, kjK), Regent 



Honey-eaters appeared in numbers on Mr. Mellor's estate in the 



Lockleys district, South Australia. They appeared suddenly and 



