Part I. of Volume III. is issued herewith. It was intended to publish 120 pages, about one- 

 third of the Volume, but insufficiency of paper has prevented this. It contains the Family 

 Cuculidae and the Sub-Family Centropodinae, forming the concluding portion of the Order 

 Picariae ; the Family Loriidae and portion of the Family Cacatuidae of the Order Psittaci. As 

 in the previous Parts, the illustrations of birds are reproduced from drawings made by the late 

 Mr. Neville Cayley, who was also responsible for hand-colouring the plates of eggs in the 

 coloured copies. Most of the figures of eggs of the Family Cuculidae have been published in 

 previous Parts. The eggs of the different species of the Order Psittaci, all being white, no Plate 

 of Australian Birds' Eggs is issued with this Part. The first twenty-four pages were printed off 

 during Mr. North's absence at Lord Howe Island, consequently he had no opportunity of 

 re\ising the proofs. Part II. is already in the Printer's hands, and will be gone on with 

 immediately on the receipt of the paper, which it is anticipated will be in about a month's time. 



R. ETHERIDGE, 



Australian Museum, Sydney, Curator. 



7th March, 1911. 



