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addition, we are indebted to the following pastoralists of New South 

 Wales, who, in response to an appeal by the Blow-fly Investigation Com- 

 mittee and the Pastoralists' Association, have kindly forwarded us a num- 

 ber of highly important specimens of birds : Mr. W. R. Wood, "' Yerinan," 

 Coonabarabran ; Mr. D. Mcliityre, " Goolhi," Guimedah; Mr. Samuel Berry, 

 " Warrabah," Upper Manilla; Mr. I. P. -Kelman, " Taiitaranna," Moree; 

 Mr. W. G. Lachszyrma, Charltqn Station, Tarcoon; Mr. G. C. Wood, 

 4< Moorawari," Tarcoon; Mr. Thomas Perkins, Bogamildi Stationj Gil 

 Gil, Moree; Mr. Craig, Cooma; Mr. R. Leslie, " Gingie," Walgett; Mr. 

 J. M. Atkinson, of the Pastoralists' Sheep Fly Committee, kindly forwarded 

 a number of specimens from the Nyngan District; Mr. G. M. McKeown, of 

 the Wagga Experiment Farm, obtained for us a most valuable series of 

 starlings, for which we are much indebted. 



" M," followed by a numeral, indicates the number of the bird in 

 Mathews' " Hand-list of the Birds of Australasia," published as a supple- 

 ment to The Emu, Vol. 7, 1907-8. This hand-list has been adhered to in 

 preference to Mr. Mathews' later list, inasmuch as a considerable number 

 of the results had already been tabulated in this form, and his lists at 

 present available have not yet reached finality of nomenclature. 



" H,"' followed by a numeral, indicates the number of the bird in Robert 

 Hall's " A Key to the Birds of Australia and Tasmania," 1st edition. 



The initials " E.W.F." indicate that the following memorandum is the 

 result of the examination made by Dr. E. W. Ferguson. 



The initials " W.W.F." indicate that the following memorandum is the 

 result of the examination of the insect remains by Mr. Froggatt, and 

 "W.B.G." those by Mr. Gurney; similarly the initials J.H.M.," "E.M.," 

 " W.M.C." indicate the botanical results of an examination by Mr. Maiden, 

 Mr. Mackinnon, or Mr. Carne. 



The date when shot is preceded by the locality. When more than one 

 specimen of a species has been examined, these are denoted by (a), (b), 

 &c. 



All the results contained in this table are not here published for the 

 first time. In 1910, in The Emu, Vol. 9, April, page 219, and in the 

 Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales for May, 1910, results were 

 published of examinations of the stomach contents of fifty-seven birds, and 

 these are included here. In the second report of the Government Bureau 

 of Microbiology for the years 1910 and 1911, page 192, the results of the 

 examinations of 243 more birds as well as of the fifty-seven mentioned 

 above are given. This was supplemented by the results of another 100 birds 

 published in the third report of the Government Bureau of Microbiology, 

 1912, page 181. It has been considered advisable to include these previous 

 lists in the present one, so that, with the list prepared by Mr. Musson, 

 details of the examinations of the stomach contents of 1,000 birds can be 

 dealt with together. 



