Contents 



January, 1913. 



(The author of each article is responsible for the facts recorded therein, and any 

 deductions he may draw.) 



Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union.— Twelfth 



(Launceston) Session 141 



President's Address - - - 151 



Flinders Island Camp-out. By J. W. Mellor and (Capt,) S. A. 



White, Ms.R.A.O.U. - - - 158 



Description of Three New Birds. By (Capt.) S. A. White 



and J. W. Mellor, Ms.R.A.O.U. 164 



Description of a New Cuckoo. By Alan P. Dodd, R.A.O.U.., 



Nelson, N.Q. 165 



Description of New Grass-Wren. By J. W. Mellor, R.A.O.U., 



Adelaide ----------- 166 



New Acanthiza. By Alex. W. Millio^an, R.A.O.U., Melbourne - 167 



Field Notes on the Emu-Wren (Stipiturus malachurus). 



By (Miss) J. A. Fletcher, R.A.O.U., Springfield, Tastnania - 168 



Occurrence of Cisticola in Tasmania. By (Miss) J. A. 



Fletcher, R.A.O.U., Springfield, Tasmania - - - - I? I 



Notes on the Cassowary. (Casuarius australis, Wall). By 



H. L. White, R:A.O.U.,Sco?te,N.S.W. - - -. - - 172 



Field Ornithology in South Australia. By {Capt.) S. A. 



White, M.B.O.U., R.A.O.U., Adelaide 179 



Birds of Port Germein, South Australia. By J. W. Mellor, 



R.A.G.U., Adelaide --.--.-.. 185 



Stray Feathers. — Kite as an Egg-Kobben 178; Regent-Birds in Orchard, tgo; 

 Cuckoo Records, 190; Foster- Parents of Cuckoos, 190; New Yellow Robin, igi ; 

 Many-coloured Parrakeet (Psephotus viuUicolor), 191 ; Procellaria (Bquinoctialis 

 mixta, 192 ; Descriptions of Eggs New to Science, 192; Birds and Frogs, &c., 193; 

 Flame-breasted Robin in Tasmania, 194; Bird Migration, 195, 



From Magazines, &C. — South Australian Zoological Society, 197; Queensland 

 Museum Memoirs, 197; Lingering Migrants, 198; Sanctuaries for Tasmanian Birds, 

 198; The Western Long-billed Cockatoo, 199. 



South Australian Ornithological Association - - - . 201 



Bird Observers' Club - - - 201 



Quails in Victoria 202 



Notes on Epthianura lovensis (Ashby). By Gregory M. 



Mathews, F.R.S.E., Watford, Engla?id 204 



Notes and Notices 206 



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