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The School Paper of Qiuriislaiul. Classts I. -11.. 111. -IV.. V.-Vl., 

 October, i9i(>. 

 The first issue of a special Bird Day niiinber oi this School Paper. 

 It is a pleasing and i)raisewortliy production. Stories, articles, 

 poems, and pictures are devoted to the instruction of the youngsters 

 in bird-lore. To Mr. A. H. Chisholm, R.A.O.U., is due the credit 

 of having secured the contributions, which are from obser\ers in 

 many States of Australia. 



Mr. R. C. ^lur])hy's interesting paper on the Anatulie of South 

 (Georgia, on which island he had the imique opportunity of 

 studying bird-life, has been received. It is a reprint from The 

 Auk. vol. xxxiii., No. 3. One is glad to see that there is not 

 much chance at present of the Ducks mentioned being exterminated, 

 and it is to be hoped that the introduced Magellanic Czetse will 

 survive. 



Messrs. Witherby and Co., ])ublishers, 32() High Holborn, 

 London, W.C., announce the publication of a volume entitled 

 " A Veteran Naturalist," being the life and work of W. B. Teget- 

 meier, by E. W. Richardson, with an introduction by the late 

 Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. ; with portraits and many other illus- 

 trations, demy 8vo, cloth. los. net. The subjects dealt with 

 include : — The First Pigeon Flight in England ; Use of Carrier 

 Pigeons for Lightships ; the Discovery of the Cylindrical Origin 

 of the Bee's Cell ; Co-op3ration with Charles Darwin ; Long Con- 

 nection with The Field ; Introduction of Ana-sthetics and Auto- 

 mobiles ; the Introduction of Decimal Coinage in England ; of 

 Balloon Post and " Pigeongrams " ; Axolotls ; Aeroplanes ; Bees ; 

 Cock-fighting ; Mendelism ; Micro-photography ; Okapi ; Pallas's 

 Sand-Grouse ; Pheasants and Game Pieserving ; Pigeons ; Poultry ; 

 the Savage Club; Snakes and Vipers; Sparrows; "Wireless"; 

 Zebras. 



Obituary. 



MR. B. H. WOODWARD. 



We regret to learn of the death of Bernard H. Woodward, F.G.S., 

 C.;\I.Z.S., which took place in October last at Harvey, Western 

 Australia. Mr. Woodward was a meml)er of a Norwich family 

 which has produced a number of men well known in the scientific 

 world. As a yoimg man he came out to Western Australia for 

 the sake of his health, and acted as mineral registrar and assayer. 

 and when a Geological Museum was established in i88() he was 

 appointed Curator. From that date until his retirement at the 

 end of I()i4 the advancement of the Museum was the leading 

 object of his activities, and his I'uthusiasm for and interest in 

 natural history. giM)logy. and art enabled him to gather xaluabk' 



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