Contents - October, 1913. 



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A Commonwealth Collection. By A. J. Campbell^ Col. Mem. 



B.O.U. 65, 



Description of a New SERicORt^is. By C. F. Cole, R.A.O.U. • 74 



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



P. T. Sandland, Ms.R.A.O.U. 75 



.^y The Black-eared Cuckoo (Mesocalius palliolatus, Lath.) By 



' -' P. A. Gilbert and H. Keane, Ms.R.A.O.U. - - - - 80 



Some Swamp Birds. By A. C. Stone, R.A.O.U., Melbourne - 82 



Bird-Life on White Island (N.Z.) By IV. R. B. Oliver, 



R.A.O.U., Auckland 86 



Visit to Torilla Plains. By E. D. Barnard, R.A.O.U., 



Koonigal (Q.) - - - 9° 



The Birds of Peel Island. By Noel V. I. Agnew, R.A.O.U., 



Moreton Bay, Queensland ^ * - 93 



American View of the R.A.O.U. "Check-list." - - - 97 



"The Birds of Australia" 99 



Stray Feathers. — Charcoal in Finches' Nests, 100 ; Regent Bower-Bird (Sencttto* 

 chrysocephalus), loi ; White Cockatoos, lot ; Brush-Turkeys in England, loi. 



From Magazines, &c. — Montebeiio islands 102 



Correspondence 102 



About Members - 104 



Obituary Notice 104 



Description of a New Parrot. By (Dr ) IV. Macgillivary, 



R.A.O.U., Broken Hill, N.S.W. - - - - - - . 105 



Next Annual Session, R.A.O.U. ------- 106 



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