Contents - January, 1910. 



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

 deductions he may draw.) 



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Australasian Ornithologists' Union — Ninth (Adelaide) 



Session 109 



President's Address : Bird Sanctuaries 120 



The Birds of Eyre Peninsula, S.A. By Robert HalL C.M.Z.S., 



Col. Mem. B.O.U. 123 



Notes on the Rock-Parrakeet (Neophema petrophila). 



By Charles Barrett., Melbourtie - - - - - - 133 



Description of two Nests and Eggs. By Sid. Wm. Jackson, 



A.O.U., New South Wales 136 



Description of a New Acanthiza. By Edwin Ashby, Black- 

 wood, S.A. 137 



Notes on the Great- billed Heron (Ardea sumatrana). 



By E. M. Cornwall, Mackay, Q. 138 



A Trip to Ninth Island, Bass Strait. By Fratik M. Littler, 



F.E.S., Launceston - - 141 



Birds Seen in and around Broome, North-Western Aus- 

 tralia. By Alan F. Crossman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M. B.O.U. - 148 



The Blue Wren of Tasmania : Some Details of its Life- 

 History. By H. Stuart Dove, F.Z.S., &^c. - - - - 151 



On Albatross Island. By W. J. T. Armstrong.^ Hexham - - 155 



First Bird Day in the Commonwealth. By H. W. Wilson, 



Melbourne - - - 158 



Edible Bird-Nests. By Franz Otto Koch ----- 160 



Stray Feathers. — a Robber, 162; Can Birds Retain their Eggs? 162; Amylis 

 macrura Re-discovered, 163 ; A Tribute to the White-eye, 163 ; A Cuckoo Day, 

 163 ; New Egg for Victoria, 164 ; Fidelity of the Emu, 164 ; The March of Civili- 

 zation, 165; Western Australian Birds, 165; A Curious Combat, 166; Maryborough 

 (Vic.) Notes, 167; Charlotte Plains Bird Notes, 167; The Helmeted Honey-eater 

 {Ptilotis cassidix) as Foster-parent to the Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus). 168 ; 

 Bird Day, i6g ; Visit to a Night-Heron Rookery, 170 ; Devonport (Tas.) Notes, 171. 



From M.^GAZINES, &C. — New Acanthiza for Australia, 173; Introducing German 

 Owls into New Zealand, 173 ; Petrels off the New South Wales Coast, 173 ; The 

 Shining Cuckoo, 174. 



Reviews - - - - 174 



Correspondence - - - - i75 



Death of Dr. Richard Bowdler Sharpe 178 



Notes and Notices 179 



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