Contents "■ October, 1917. 



(The author of each article is responsible for the facts recorded therein, and any 

 deductions be may draw.) 



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The Yellow-breasted Bush-Chat (Ephthianura crocea). By 



A.J. Campbell, C.M.B.O.U. 6i 



Ornithologists in North Queensland. By Capi. (Dr.) W. 



Macgillivray, President of the R.A.O.U. ----- 63 



Observations on the GeNus Hylacola (Ground- Wrens). By 



F. E. Howe, C.M.Z.S., R.A.O.U., Canterbury - ■ - - 87 



Australian Ibises. By W. H. D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., Hon. 



Sec. R.A.O.U. - 94 



White- winged Black Terns in Western Australia-, a Re- 

 markable Visitation. By W. B. Alexander, M. A., R.A.O.U. 95 



The Nestlings of Australian Finches : What do we Know 



About Them ? By Gregory M. Mathews, F.R.S.E., R.A. O. U. 100 



A New Raptor (Gypoictinia melanosterna) for Tasmania. 



By Col. W. V. Legge, C.M.B.O.U, Tasmania. - - - 103 



Birds of Rockingham Bay District. By A. J. Campbell, 



C.M.B.O.U. 106 



New and Rare Victorian Birds from Mallacoota. By Jas. 



A. Kershaw, F.E.S., R.A.O.U., National Museum, Melbourne. 107 



Camera Craft Notes — " Warrener" shells at Ponsea, 108 ; Evelyn Notes, 108 ; 

 The Shy Barred-shouldered Dove, 108. 



Stray Feathers — Traffic in Wild Birds' Feathers, 62 ; Harriers in New Zealand, 

 109; Nesting of Black-fronted Dottrel, no; Magpie-Lark, no; Simulation of Death 

 by the White-eared Honey-eater, no; Warburton Bird Notes, in ; Late Migrants 

 in Tasmania, in. 



Correspondence - - - - - - - - - 112 



Monthly Conversaziones - - - 114 



About Members - - - - 115 



Obituary - - - - - - - -\ - -116 



Notes ..... 116 



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