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tions in the ' Echo.' It would seem that Prof. Menegaux entirely over- 

 looked a series of papers entitled 'Index Ornithologique ' , until the reprint 

 was completed. He then published two numbers of the series on a supple- 

 mentary leaf, pp. 281-282. A number of new generic names proposed in 

 the other numbers do not, however, appear at all in the reprint. Such are, 

 in 1842: Gymnogyps col. 1037, Setogyps, Sarcogyps, and Trigonoceps, col. 

 1038; in 1843; Ichthyophaga, col. 14, Chondrohierax, col. 61, Chelictinia, 

 col. 63, Cunistrix, col. 540 and Cyphorhina, col. 1068. These are all to be 

 found in the lists of genera pubhshed by Waterhouse or Richmond, which 

 makes their omission the more remarkable. It is to be hoped that a 

 supplement may be prepared containing all the articles omitted from the 

 present reprint along with an alphabetical index to all the new genera and 

 species proposed by Lesson in the ' Echo ' which would materially aid the 

 systematist who desires to consult the work. — W. S. 



Mathews' 'The Birds of AustraUa.'i — The latest part of Mr 

 Mathews work completes the shore-birds and cranes and begins the ibises. 

 The same thoroughness of treatment and detailed discussion of matters 

 of nomenclature which have marked the previous parts are maintained 

 but the author's exhaustive studies in connection with the preparation of 

 his recent ' List of Australian Birds,' have so nearly completed the syste- 

 matic side of the subject that one finds scarcely any new names proposed 

 in this number. A new genus Subglareola with Glareola ocularis as its type 

 is the only one that we note. — W. S. 



The South AustraUan Ornithologist.- — The activity of ornithologi- 

 cal study in Australia is evidenced by he appearance of another journal 

 devoted to the subject. Whether this is to be a quarterly or monthly we 

 are not informed, nor is there any indication as to where it is published or 

 how it may be obtained. The editorial committee however, with one ex- 

 ception, are founders of the 'South Australian Ornithological Association' 

 organized in 1899 at the South Australian Institute and Museum. 



In glancing over the pages of the new journal we note that it adopts the 

 principles of nomenclature set forth in the International Code and elabo- 

 rated for Austrahan birds by Mr. Gregory M. Mathews but which are 

 rejected — we hope only temporarily — by the Royal Australasian 

 Ornithologists' Union and 'The Emu.' The 'South Austrahan Ornitholo- 

 gist' thus places itself in Une with the leading journals of other countries. 

 The papers in the initial number comprise: ' A History of Ornithology in 

 South Australia,' by R. Crompton; 'The Avifauna of Melville Island, 

 Northern Territory,' by F. R. Zictz, in which we note nine new subspecies. 

 There are also; an account of Rhipidura tricolor; a description of Halcyon 



» The Birds of Australia. Vol. Ill, Part 4. December 31. 1913. 

 « The So»ith Aastralian Ornithologist. Vol. I, No. 1. January 1914. Editorial 

 Committee: F. R. Zietz, (President) , A. M. Morgan, S. A. White, R. Crompton. 



