Vol. XVI. 1 

 1916 J 



Camera Craft Notes. 



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eater {Ptilotis cassidix), containing a clutch of three eggs, which 

 were sHghtly addled and cold, and the nest was sodden, proving 

 that the bird had already forsaken it. These eggs are quite 

 uniform in shape and colour,- but one is slightly smaller than the 

 others. This, I understand, is the first clutch of three eggs of 

 this bird that has been found so far. — A. Chas. Stone. 



Straw-necked Ibises (Carphibis spitiicollis) at the Zoo. The adult has a 

 bare head, the young has tlie head covered with down. 



Straw-necked Ibis. — Mr. Dudley Le Souef, who is now recovering 

 from an attack of influenza, utilizes his opportunities at the 

 Zoological Gardens, Melbourne, to secure interesting and instruct- 

 ive pictures of birds. The accompanying photograph of Straw- 

 necked Ibises shows the bare head of the adult, and the down- 

 covered head of the young. The difference in the length of the 

 bill is also interesting to students of bird phylogeny. 



