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changed or they have for some reason become rarer. Incidentally Mr. 

 Mathews endorses Murphy's recently described species of Albatross 

 Diomedia sanfordi and also the subgenus Rhothonia Murphy, raising it to 

 a genus. 



Food of Diurnal Birds of Prey. By D. Le Souef. Shows that the 

 Australian Eagles have been much maligned and do not do anything like 

 the damage to lambs that they are credited with. 



Bird Notes from the Boat Harbor (Tasmania) Region. By Miss J. A. 

 Fletcher. 



A Trip in Search of the Spotted Scrub-Wren (Sericornis maculata) and 

 the Little Wattle-Bird (Anellobia lunulata). By C. L. E. Orton. 



Cormorants: Are they Pests or Otherwise? By W. T. Forster. — Some 

 evidence of their devouring food fishes. 



The Jungle and the Snows. By Robert Hall. — An interesting account 

 of a trip to India. 



An Afternoon Among the Birds in the Baltimore (Md.) Woods, United 

 States of America. By Edwin Ashby. — Mr. Ashby visited America last 

 summer and it is very interesting to read his impressions of our avifauna 

 and to learn what Australian species our familiar birds brought to mind. 



Description of a New Subspecies of Malurus cyanotus. By H. L. White. 



— K. c. diamantina (p. 121), Diamantina River, W. Queensland. 

 Description of a New Subspecies of Acanthiza nana. By H. L. White. 



— A. n. dawsoniana (p. 122), Dawson River, C. Queensland. 



Notes on Birds Seen on the Murray River, August, 1918. By W. B. 

 Alexander. 



Descriptions of two New Nests and Eggs. By Henry L. White. — 

 Malurus leucopterus edouardii and Eremiornis carteri. 



South Australian Ornithologist. Ill, Part 8. October, 1918. 



Notes upon the Black-breasted Plover (Zonifer tricolor). By S. A. White. 



— With photographs of bird and nests. 



A Sketch of the Life of Samuel White. By S. A. White. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie. X, No. 112-113. August- 

 September, 1918. [In French.] 



Some Defensive Reactions of Bird Colonies. By M. R. Deschiens. 



Study of a Collection of Birds made by E. Wagner, in the Province of 

 Misiones, Argentina. By A. Menegaux. 



Some Data on ' Yellow Liver ' in the Ostrich. By M. Aubry. 



Ardea. VII, No. 3. August, 1918. [In Dutch.] 



The Long-tailed Titmice (JUgithalus caudatus). By G. Wolda. — A 

 study of local and individual variations. 



The Significance of the Crossing of Individuals of Different Linnaean 

 Species in the Origin of our Domestic Forms. By H. N. Koorman. — 

 Crossing of wild Species of Gallus. 



