6a Correspondence. [,sf"luiy 



letter from Mr. Elliott was quite erroneous. There was no error 

 in the West Australian Museum, and there is no doubt that the 

 bird referred to was H. cauta. It would, therefore, seem quite 

 clear that the eggs found did not belong to the bird which was 

 shot. Unfortunately, the eggs have been accidentally destroyed, 

 and there is now no possibility of identifying them. — Yours truly. 



J. A. ROSS. 

 54 Claremont-avenue, Malvern. 7/6/16. 



Bird Observers^ Club. 



The annual meeting of the Bird Observers' Club was held in 

 Melbourne on 25th May, 1916; Mr. Charles Barrett, C.M.Z.S., the 

 president, in the chair. There was a fairly large attendance. Mr. F. 

 E. Howe, the hon. secretary, in his report, referred to the interesting 

 papers that had been read, and the specimens exhibited at the 

 monthly meetings. In his address, the president suggested that 

 members should endeavour, by combined effort, to obtain complete 

 records of the home-life of at least a few native birds. In Europe 

 and America excellent work was being done in this direction. 



After a long discussion, a proposal that nesting boxes, drinking 

 basins, and food tables should be provided for native birds in school 

 play-grounds and public parks and gardens, if possible, was approved. 

 Several members expressed doubt whether nesting boxes would be a 

 success, and Starlings and Sparrows were mentioned as the most 

 likely tenants. It was stated that the executive of the Gould League 

 of Bird Lovers had approved of the scheme, and it was hoped the 

 I^eague members would help to carry it out. 



Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley, C.M.Z.S., was elected president for the 

 ensuing year, and Mr. F. E. Wilson hon. secretary. .Mr. G. A. 

 Dver was re-elected hon. treasurer. 



Publications Received. 



The Zoologist, January, February, March, 1916. 



January issue contains a short article by A. V. Aplin, " Notes 

 on an August Nightingale " at Bloxham, Oxon, also " Some Bird 

 Notes from the Somerset Coast," by Stanley Lewis. We are glad 

 to see that the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds keeps a 

 watt:her at Bream Down, the part of the coast mentioned. The 

 February and March numbers contain many interesting articles. 



Aviculhiral Magazine, February, March, 1916. 



As usual, this magazine is full of interesting matter. Among 

 other articles in the February number are " My Piping Crow," 

 by Mrs. Staveley-Hill ; " Sun-Birds in Their Native Haunts," 

 by F. E. Blaauw ; and "Wonders of Birds' Nests," by F. J. 

 Koch. March issue contains, among other articles, " Birds in 



