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brunnea melvillensis, and Colluricincla parvula melvillensis . But 

 according to " A List of the Birds of Melville Island," published 

 by Mr. Gregory M. Mathews in The Ibis for January, does 

 not Aprosmidus erythropterus melvillensis appear to be .4. e. 

 coccineopterus, Chalcophaps chrysochlora melvillensis to be C. c. 

 longirostris, Chrysococcyx minntillus melvillensis to be C. m. 

 minutillus, Petroica cucullata melvillensis to be P. c. subpicata, 

 and Pachycephala gutturalis longirostris to be P. g. consobrina ? 



Mr. Edwin Ashby, R.A.O.U., also technically and trinomially 

 describes a new sub-species of Kingfisher from Northern Territory, 

 Halcyon macleayii coeridens, remarking that it is easily distinguished 

 from its congener, H. macleayii (or, as it should be written, H. m. 

 macleayii), by its more intense and brilliant blue colouration, &c. 



There is no disguising the fact that The South Australian 

 Ornithologist is out for trinomialism. Therefore, it behoves the 

 editorial committee to be consistent, and not make the journal, 

 however small, " a hybrid," so to speak, by introducing binomial 

 nomenclature as well as trinomial. If the journal declares for 

 trinomials, then on the opening page (6) there are two omissions 

 — Artamus melanops and Malurus callainus should be written 

 respectively Artamus melanops melanops and Malurus melanotus 

 callainus. On page i8, Rhipidura tricolor should undoubtedly 

 be Rhipidura tricolor motacilloides. Again, in Dr. A. W. Morgan's 

 valuable contribution (page 21), DiccButn hirundinaceum should be 

 DiccEum hirundinaceum hirundinacettm, to distinguish it from 

 either DiccBum hirundinaceum yorki or Dicceum hirundinaceum 

 tormenti on the trinomial " Reference-list " (Mathews). Mr. 

 J. W. Mellor, R.A.O.U., is correct in stating (page 22) that the 

 Fan-tailed Cuckoo is the Cacomantis flabelliformis of Gould, but 

 he (Mellor) is wrong in stating that Mathews calls the bird Cuculus 

 rubricatus ; it should be Cuculus rubricatus rubricatus. Similarly, 

 Acanthiza pusilla should be Acanthiza pusilla pusilla. Mr. H. E. 

 Laffer, in mentioning the Brush Wattle-Bird (page 22) calls it 

 Anellobia chrysoptera instead of Anellobia chrysoptera intermedia, 

 while Merops ornatus should be Merops ornatus ornatus ; and in 

 Mr. C. L. Compton's interesting snake-killing " Observation of 

 Laughing Jackass " the technical name should have been written 

 Dacelo gigas gigas instead of merely Dacelo gigas. However, in 

 future issues of the journal no doubt such anomalies will disappear, 

 otherwise there will possibly be a danger of misleading students. 



Penguins of the Antarctic. — The Smithsonian Report for 1912 

 contains an article entitled " The Penguins of the Antarctic 

 Regions," by L. Gain, D.Sc, naturalist of the Charcot Expedition. 

 Following is portion of the article (which was translated, with 

 additions, by the author from La Nature, Paris, No. 2,041, 

 6th July, 1912) deahng chiefly with the Adelie Penguin {Pygoscelis 

 adelice) : — 



" From whatever side one approaches the Antarctic, whether 



