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The Aiislralian Naturalist, Vol. III., part 12. 



The South Australian Ornithologist, Vol. 11., part 8. 



Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club. 



The Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, Vol. XXVII., 

 part 4. 



The Proceedings of the Liniiean Society of New South Wales, Vol. 

 XLIL, part 2. 



The Ibis (loth series). Vol. IV., No. 4. 



The Ibis Index from 1895-1912 has also come to hand ; it is 

 a bulky volume, and must have entailed much work in its 

 preparation. 



Avicult'iiral Magazine (3rd series). Vol. VII., Nos. 10, 11, 12. 



The Zoologist (4th series). Vol. XX., Nos. 901, 902, 903. 



Briti'ih Birds, Vol. X., No. 5. 



Revue Francaise d'Ornithologie (8e), Nos. 88, 89, 90. 



Biyd Lore, Vol. XVIII., Nos. 4, 5. 



The Condor, Vol. XVIIL, No. 5. 



University of California Publications in Zoology, Vol. XII., 

 No. 17 ; Vol. XVI., No. 16 ; Vol. XVII., Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, 5. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 

 Vol. LXVIII., parts i and 2. 



Birds of North and Middle America. By Robert Ridgway. 

 Part 7. 



The Auk, Vol. XXXIII., No. 4. 



Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, Vol. V., part 5. 



Ourselves. 



The generous donor who has insisted on being anonymous for 18 

 months has now given permission for his name to be revealed. 

 He is no other than the chief benefactor of the Union, Mr. Henry 

 L. White, of Belltrees, Scone, N.S.W. For services rendered, Mr. 

 White was years ago elected a life member. Far from taking 

 advantage of this position to reduce contributions, Mr. White 

 suggested the scheme whereby The Emu has been improved by the 

 addition of a coloured plate in each issue, and still pays half the 

 total cost (which amounts to about £36 a year). 



His gift of £1,000, invested in the War Loan, is now providing 

 the Union with its own centrally-situated room, where the Council 

 regularly meets, and members gather to discuss ornithological 

 problems and welcome visiting ornithologists and members. 



The special meeting of the R.A.O.U. on i8th April is likely to 

 become as memorable in the history of the Union as that famous 

 inaugural meeting at Adelaide in 1901. A unanimous vote of the 

 members completed the legal business, and established our Union 

 as a legal entity cai)able of suing for just debts and owning 

 property. It afforded the necessary opportunity for Mr. White to 

 complete the transfer of his gift. The room contains as one of its 

 chief articles of furniture a beautiful specially-constructed book- 



