Contents of Vol. XVI. — 1916-17. 



Abnormal Clutch of Pied Oyster-catcher {Hainatopus ostraiegiis loiigi- 



rostris), Mud Island, Port Pfiillip Bay, Victoria 

 Straw-necked lb'\?,t?, {Ca>phil>is spinicollis) Ai ihe Zoo 

 A Bird Tragedy — An Orange-fronted Cha4. Tangled in a Wild Oat Plant 

 Black Swans and Nest, Hacking River, N.S.W. ... 

 Nest of the Great Crested Grebe ( Podiceps australis), Thule Lake, 



N.S.W. ... 



Yellow-breasted Shrike- Robin ( Eopsaltria australis) ; White-eared 



Honey-eater ( Ptilotis leucotis) ; White- bearded Honey-eater 



(Meliornis vova-hollandicE) 

 Nest and Eggs of Red-throated Whistler ( Pachycephala rufogulaiis) 

 Capt. S A. White, M.B.O.U. (Ninth President Royal Australasian 



Ornithologists' Union) 

 Map — Gulf of Carpentaria Region, showing W. M'Lennan's course ... 

 The Everard Range Tit-Warbler ( Acanthha mariancc), (coloured) 

 Climbing to Rufous Owl's Nest in Giant Paper-bark ( Melaleuca) Tree 

 Neai o( Pac/i}'cep/ia/a iiwniala, Ramsay, in si/u 

 Innamincka, Central Australia, where the Desert Chat was obtained ; 



" Burke's Tree," under which the explorer died 

 Nest and Eggs of the Desert Chat {As/i/>yia lovetisis) 

 Acanthizse — Tit- Warblers 

 Nests of the Acanthizge—l it-Warblers 

 Nest o{ Acanikiza chrysorr/ioa in a. fence ... 

 A Queensland Bird Student 

 Honey-eaters at Breakfast, Melbourne Zoo ; Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps 



lophotes 

 Nest of Lewin Rail, showing pathway 

 Spine-tailed Swift on Tree 

 Nest of Sericornis in an Old Frying-pan in a Hut; Nest and Eggs of 



Frogmouth [Podargiis) in Old Nest of Magpie {Gymnorhina) ... 

 Nest of Pilot-Bird ; Pilot-Bird ... 

 Nest and Eggs of Dusky Robin {Amaurodryas viltata), with Egg of 



Pallid Cuckoo {Cucuhis pallidiis), Launceston ; Nest of Aus- 

 tralian Coot (/^////ca a/w/ra/w) 

 White-stripe Honey-eater {Ptilotis albilineata), {coloured) 

 Yellow -breasted Shrike- Robin {Eopsaltria australis) touched by 



observer ; Pair of White-browed Wood-Swallows (Arlaiiius 



superciliosus) at Nest 

 The late Dr. E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., &c. 



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