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6 Notes and Notices. Li-^t'Tuly 



Donations to the Coloured Figure Fund : — Dr. E. D'Ombrain, 

 5s. 6d. ; Mr. H. Ouiney, los. 



Notes, &c., received : — " Migratory Birds," C. G. Lane, Alex- 

 andra ; "Heron, &c., Rookeries," A. J. Simson, Ulupna West; 

 " Yellow Grass-Parrakeets," T. Hurst, ^lelbourne ; " Flight of 

 Cockatoos," photo, by W. Grant, per favour Dr. E. D'Ombrain, 

 Casterton ; " Young Crested Tern," photo, by J. W. Beattie, per 

 favour J. R. M'Clymont, Hobart. 



Mr. Cyril Grant Lane, of Alexandra (Vict.), v^-ho has already 

 made a name by a work on dogs, has, at the request of 

 Messrs. Hutchinson and Co.. of London, prepared a book dealing 

 with some phases of the natural history of Australia. 



The Illustrations. 



Plate L, " Nest and Young of the Frogmouth," is from a 

 photo, by Mr. C. P. Conigrave, interesting particulars of which 

 are found in Mr. A. VV. Milligan's article on the Wongan Hills, 

 Western Australia. 



Plate H. represents an adult Frogmouth {Podargiis stvi- 

 goides) in characteristic attitude near its nest and young. This 

 picture was taken at the opposite side of the continent to Mr. 

 Conigrave's, on the eastern shores of Port Phillip, by Mr. J. Sears, 

 on the grounds of Dr. Chas. Ryan. 



Plate HL is from a photo, by Mr. D. Le Souef, and represents 

 the well-known Boobook Owl {Ninox boobook), taken at the 

 Zoological Gardens, Melbourne. It is strange that some " bush " 

 naturalists and tyros still confound this Owl with the Frogmouth, 

 averring (erroneously, of course) that the Frogmouth and not 

 the Owl utters the familiar cry of "mo-poke" at night. 



The photo. -blocks are, as usual, engraved by Messrs. Patterson, 

 Shugg and Co., 256 Elizabeth-street, Melbourne. 



N.B. — T/ic Iiaiidsoiiic iiin'fonii cases jar back volumes of " The 

 Emu " may be had 011 aj^plicatioii to Messrs. George Robertson 

 and Co. Limited, Elizabeth-street , Melbourne.' Price (iiiclu/li iig 

 l)inding), 2s. 6d. each. 



