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representation in the West of eastern types on a smaller scale, 

 which was first demonstrated in Gould's writings or discoveries. 

 Mr. Milligan is to be congratulated on his discovery, and being 

 able to supply a new species for the pages of JJie Emu. A 

 notable paper is contributed by him in the last number of the 

 journal, and is the outcome of two expeditions to the south- 

 eastern district of the State. From there fifty species are noted, 

 among which are several — Strepera plimibea, Stipiturus nialachu- 

 rus, PsopJiodes nigrogidaris, and Lipoa ocellata — concerning which 

 interesting details as to their habits and economy are furnished. 

 Mr. Milligan, being an enthusiastic field naturalist, has a grand 

 future before him, and it is to be hoped he will be able to 

 supplement in the far north-west the good work done by 

 Messrs. Carter, Rogers, and others. 



We come now to a useful paper from the pen of Mr. A. G. 

 Campbell, who is following well in his father's footsteps. This 

 communication is on the lines of those that have been so much 

 in vogue in The Ibis, being, in fact, similar to papers I have 

 already noticed, which have given lists of birds from localities, 

 with notes on their habits and economy. Mr. Campbell's list 

 will be useful to Victorian naturalists who may be engaged on 

 the distribution of species in their State. The district in 

 question is rich in birds, as above i 50 species are recorded from 

 a comparatively small area, including 11 members of the 

 Raptores. As regards the internal migration of Petroeca 

 phcenicia, this is a matter which requires further investigation, 

 and observations should be made by field naturalists on the 

 north coast of Tasmania and the extreme south of Victoria to 

 ascertain whether there is an annual movement south from the 

 highlands of Victoria to Tasmania in the summer, and vice versa 

 in the winter. It does not appear certain as yet that this Robin 

 quits Tasmania entirely in the winter, though the summer 

 season is undoubtedly the time when it is in evidence as a 

 visitant, and, of course, a breeder. It has also to be satisfactorily 

 determined whether or not the species is resident in the 

 southern parts of the New South Wales highlands, from which 

 it migrates to the south in the summer. The observations of 

 Mr. Campbell, extending over three years, are important in 

 showing that he did not observe it in northern Victoria in the 

 summer. 



There is nothing that will lead more to a thorough recogni- 

 tion of the organ of our Union throughout the ornithological 

 world than the enlistment into our ranks of distinguished men 

 from abroad who are willing to contribute to the pages of TJie 

 Emu. Hence it is very gratifying to find that the first part of 

 the new volume opens with a valuable and interesting article 

 from the pen of Professor Hutton. He has chosen for his 

 subject the typical ocean-form south of the equator — the 

 Penguin — and has discussed the affinities, evolution, and 



