Contents - April, 1917. 



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 deductions he may draw.) 



Notes on North Australian Birds Observed by W. 

 M'Lennan. (Communicated by H. L. White, R.A.O.U., Bell- 

 trees, N.S.IV.) 205 



Notes on a Collecting Trip in^ the Lower North of 

 South Australia. By Edwin Ashby, M.B.O.U., R.A.O.U., 



Wittunga, "Blackwood," S.A. 231 



Bird-Life as Affected by Drought. By Charles Barnard - 234 



Observations from the Fern-tree Gully District (Vict.) 



By R. T. Littlejohns, R.A.O.U., and S. A. Lawrence, R.A.O.U. 236 



Description of Nest and Eggs of Melithreptus Atri- 

 CAPiLLUS Mallee, Mathews. By F. E. Howe, C.M.Z.S., 



R.A.O.U. 238 



Camera Craft Notes— a Wood-s«aiiow coiony 238 



Review . . . - 239 



Correspondence - 240 



About Members - - 241 



Obituary -------- - - - - 241 



Bird Observers' Club - - . . 243 



Publications Received - - - 244 



Ourselves - - - ' - - - - - - - - 245 



Notes - - 246 



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