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The Austral Avian Record.' Vol. II. Nos. 2 and 3. October 23, 

 1913. 



Notes on Billberg's Synopsis Faunae Scandinavise. By G. M. Mathews 

 and Tom Iredale. 



Dates of Publication of Plates of the " Ornithology .... of the ' Co- 

 quille.' " By G.' M. Mathews. 



New Generic Names, with Some Notes on Others. By G. M. Mathews. 

 — Twenty-seven new names proposed. 



Additions and Corrections to my Reference List. By Gregory M. 

 Mathews. — Five new names proposed and a long list of synonyms and 

 changes. 



The Emu.2 Vol. XIII. Part 2. October 1, 1913. 



A Commonwealth Collection. By A. J. Campbell. — Account of the 

 egg collection of Mr. H. L. White, with thi'ee excellent color plates. 



Description of a New Sericornis. By C. F. Cole. — S. insularis sp. nov. 

 Forsyth Island, Bass Strait. 



Birds of Moora (W. A.) and District. By C. L. E. Orton and P. T. 

 Sandland. — Annotated list of 125 species. 



The Black-eared Cuckoo (Mesocalius palliolatus Lath.). By P. A. 

 Gilbert and H. Keane. — Its eggs are chocolate colored, closely resembUng 

 those of the Little Field Wren {Chthonicola sagittata) its most frequent host. 



Some Swamp Birds. By A. C. Stone. 



Bu-d-Life on White Island (N. 2). By W. R. B. Ohver. 



Visit to Torilla Plains. By E. D. Barnard. 



The Birds of Peel Island. By N. V. I. Agnew.— Annotated Ust of 76 

 species. 



American View of the R. A. O. U. " Check-hst." — This is an answer to 

 the review in the July 'Auk ', which naturally was not endorsed by the 

 editors of ' The Emu.' We still maintain however that to have stabiUty, 

 nomenclature, in any branch, and in any country, must follow international 

 rules and custom; and that in order to carry on the splendid work that they 

 have accomplished in the past, and to make known to the world the orni- 

 thology of their most interesting continent, progressive Australian orni- 

 thologists cannot be hampered by any such list as that proposed by the 

 R. A. O. LT. Committee. The editors of ' The Emu ' make one statement to 

 which exception must be taken, i. e., " the reviewer has not had the same 

 experience and knowledge as Australians of the practical application of 

 trinomial methods." After serving for twelve years on the A. O. U. 

 Committee on Classification and Nomenclature and having to pass upon 

 the host of trinomial forms that have been proposed in America in that 



1 Edited by Gregory M. Mathews. PubUshed by Witherby & Co., 326 High 

 Holborn, London. 



2 Organ of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union. Edited by A. J. 

 Campbell and Charles Barrett, Melboiu'ne, AustraUa. London agents, Witherby 

 & Co.. 326 High Holbora. 



