^°'-^^*-1 Notes and Notices. 6l 



1912 J ^-^ 



New Zealand Bronze-Cuckoo. — ^The fact that the expedition of 

 the R.A.O.U. found Chrysoccocyx lucidus on the Capricorn Group 

 in 1910 (8th to i8th October) is of considerable interest. We in 

 New Zealand had an idea that the bird reached the northern part 

 of the Dominion at the end of September. Thus the bird does 

 not come more or less about a fixed date, but must either straggle 

 to us or be a resident of the Capricorns. Another interesting 

 point would be to know if, on their return, it is all mature 

 birds that arrive first, and when the young of the year arrive. 

 The adults leave us towards the beginning of February, but I 

 have seen the young well into March. — J. C. M'Lean. Hawke's 

 Bay, N.Z., 7/3/12. 



Introduced Owls. — Under Ninox novce-zealandice (" Bush Birds 

 of New Zealand," Emu, vol. xi., p. 14) it was meant to imply, in 

 the last paragraph, that the Little Owls might, by naturally 

 frequenting the forests in the breeding season, affect our bush- 

 birds. Just lately I came across this paragraph in The Dominion 

 (13/2/12) : — " It is worthy of note, since Little Owls have been 

 imported in great numbers from France into New Zealand, in the 

 hope that they will make short work of Sparrows, that they have 

 the reputation also of killing all birds that they meet, and it has 

 just been decided that the Little Owl is to be no longer protected 

 in Huntingdonshire, where it has come to be considered, by reason 

 of its rapid production, a scourge." It is written by one of their 

 English correspondents, and may be very pleasant reading for 

 a few, but will cause some uneasiness of mind to those who have 

 no sympathy with hasty acclimatization and have at heart the 

 welfare and protection of our native birds. — J. C. M'Lean. 

 Hawke's Bay, N.Z., 7/3/12. 



The Late Dr. Angove. — Members of the R.A.O.U. will be ex- 

 tremely sorry to hear of the demise of Dr. W. T. Angove, M.R.C.S., 

 L.S.A. London, of Tea-tree Gully, South Australia, which occurred 

 on the 15th of March last at Guy's Hospital, London. Dr. Angove 

 was a keen ornithologist and oologist, and was a member of the 

 South Australian Ornithological Association almost from its 

 inception. He took a lively interest in the welfare of the Associa- 

 tion, and was looked up to by its members as a sound orni- 

 thologist. Members of the R.A.O.U. who attended the last session 

 in Adelaide and the camp-out on Eyre Peninsula will remember 

 how agreeable and light-hearted the Doctor was, and how earnestly 

 he took part in all the excursions in connection with the camp-out. 

 Perhaps some who were round the camp-fire the last evening 

 at " Warunda Camp " will recall how Dr. Angove said he would 

 like to see his birthplace and old home before he died. His wish 

 was literally fulfilled. His eldest daughter, who is a nurse in 

 Guy's Hospital, was with her father at the last. Dr. Angove 

 leaves a widow and sons in South Australia to mourn their loss, 

 and with whom the members of the R.A.O.U. desire to sym- 

 pathize. 



