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Black Swan. — Mr. Harry Burrell, R.A.O.U., continues to achieve 

 success with his fine photographs of Austrahan wild life. We 

 have pleasure in publishing a picture of the rara avis, the Black 

 Swan, obtained by Mr. Burrell at Hacking River, Sydney. 



A Bird Tragedy. — The accompanying photograph, by Mr. H.J. 

 Bennett, head teacher Elementary School, Nanneella Estate, an 

 irrigation settlement in northern Victoria, will interest bird -lovers. 

 The victim, an Orange-fronted Bush-Chat {Ephthianura aurifrons) 



A Bird Tragedy. — An Orange-fronted Chat tangled in 

 a wild oat plant. 



■ H. J. BENNETT, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, NANNEELLA ESTATE, VICTORIA. 



had become entangled in the long head of a wild oat plant, and 

 could not free itself. An observant child discovered it too late, 

 and brought the plant and bird to school as a nature study 

 exhibit. 



Mr. Chandler's Bird Portraits.— Though Mr. L. G. Chandler has 

 departed for the front as a private, he has left behind many 

 beautiful photographic studies of living birds. We gladly 

 seized the opportunity of presenting four of these to the readers 

 of The Emu. 



