l6o Additions to the Library. [,.t^"oci. 



quickty disappeared, and were evidently " migrating rapidly, most 

 likely forced on their journey by the exceptionally dry season 

 experienced in the State." 



" On the Destruction of Mutton-Birds and Penguins at Phillip 



Island," by Joseph Gabriel. \'ictorian Naturalist, vol. 



XXXV., part 12. 



Foxes, Mr. Gabriel states, are rapidly increasing in numbers on 



Phillip Island (Vic), and are a great menace to tlie sea-birds 



breeding there. In October, 1918, for instance, hundreds of 



Mutton-Birds were seen lying dead outside their burrows. The 



foxes catch the birds as they go out in the morning. Local 



residents fear that the time will come when Petrels and Penguins 



will cease to exist so far as the island is concerned. 



R.A.O.U. Annual Session. 



As this issue was going to press, the Annual Session of tlie Union 

 was being held in Brisbane. It extended from 24th September to 

 27th September, and was to be followed by an excursion to the 

 Bunya Mountains lasting ten days. A report of the proceedings 

 will appear in the January number of The Emu. 



WANTED, FLEAS FROM BIRDS' NESTS. For particulars 

 apply Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, Arundel House, 

 Kensington Palace Gardens, W. 8, London, England. 



