Vol. IX. 



1909 



1 Correspondence. TOJ 



information which my letter desired should be embodied in a 

 booiv of convenient size. This excellent work of Professor 

 Ridgway should be of great assistance to a committee in 

 arriving at a uniform standard colour-chart. An official system 

 of nomenclature of colours for naturalists, approved inter- 

 nationally, is urgently needed to prevent the chaos of colour 

 descriptions which exists in many branches of natural history at 

 the present time. Precision of colour description will be a 

 distinct gain to science. — Yours, &c., 



A. H. E. MATTINGLEY. 



Melbourne, 4/9/09. 



Notes and Notices. 



"The Emu," Vol. I. — Mr. F. E. Howe, 39 Young-street, 

 Albert Park (Vic), would be glad to purchase any parts of this 

 volume if extant and for sale. 



Broinowski's " Birds of Australia." — A large and useful 

 work on Australian birds, containing over 700 coloured 

 illustrations, originally issued at ^,19, is to be sold at £4. lOs. 

 Apply to Acting Hon. Secretary A.O.U. 



Coloured Figure Fund. — The hon. treasurer (Mr. J. A. 

 Ross) acknowledges with thanks the following contributions to 

 the Coloured Figure Fund, received during the year ending 30th 

 June, 1909 : — Dr. Angove (S.A.), is. 6d. ; F. L. Berney (Q.), 

 los. ; Miss Brumby (Tas.), 5s.; Mrs. Burrell (N.S.W.), 2i 

 IDS. ; H. Burrell (N.S.W.), 5s. ; Geo. Graham (Vic), 2s. 6d. ; 

 J. G. Gray (N.S.VV.), ;^ i ; Col. W. V. Legge (Tas.), 7s. 6d. ; J. 

 P. Rogers (W.A.). is. 6d. ; C. S. Thompson (U.S.A.), 5s. ; J. M. 

 Thomson (Vic), 5s. ; Thos. Tindale (Vic), 2.s, 6d. ; S. P. 

 Townsend (Vic), 2s. 6d. ; H. L. White (N.S.W.) (in addition to 

 ^^20 for illustrating part 5, vol. viii.), ^4 i8s. 



Eggs of Ninox OCELLATA. — In rearranging and tabulating 

 my oological collection, I find that typical eggs o{ Ninox ocellata 

 do not appear to have been described. Comparing mine 

 wiih the type (described by Mr. D. Le Soucf, C.M.Z.S., in 

 TJie Ejiui, ii., page 86), which I have acquired, they do not 

 agree. An undoubtedly authenticated clutch of Ninox ocellata, 

 taken by Mr. F. L. Whitlock on the Coongan River, North-West 

 Australia, 5/9/08, are white, round in form, texture inclined to 

 be coarse, surface slightly lustrous. Measurements — (i) 1.7 x 

 1.42, (2) 1.67 X 1.47, (3) 1.65 X 1.4 inches. Those described by 

 Mr. Le Souef are smaller, more elongate in shape, and more 

 resemble the eggs of Strix delicatiila. — H. L. White. Belltrees, 

 Scone, N.S.W. 



