Contents - July. 1910. 



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

 deductions he may draw.) 



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Note on Rhipidura phasiana, De Vis. By Gregory M. 



Mathews, F.L.S., &'c. . i 



Bird-Life on the Kermadec Islands. By Tom Iredale, New 



Zealand .....------ 2 



The Region of the Barrier Range. An Oologist's Holiday. 



By (Dr.) W. Macgillivray, Broken Hill, N.S.W. Part I. - 1 6 



Description of a New Crow-Shrike. By J. W. Mellor, 



A.O.U., Adelaide - - 34 



Victorian Sericornes. By A. G. Campbell, Pomonal, Victoria - 35 



The Helmeted Honey-eater (Ptilotis cassidix). By F. E. 



Wilson and L. G. Chandler 37 



Notes on the Crested Penguin (Catarrhactes chrysocome). 



By E. Brooke Nicholls, Melbourne - - . - - - -41 



Notes on the Regent-Bird (Sericulus melinus). By. P. A. 



Gilbert, Sydney 44 



Destruction of Birds. By J. W. Mellor, A.O.U., Fulham, S.A. 45 



Stray Feathers. — a Curlous Clutch, 49; The Pugnacity of "Magpies" 

 (Gymnorhina), 4g; White-eared Honey-eater {Ptilotis leucotis), ^g ; Eggs of PacAj/- 

 cephcUa meridionalis, 49; Flame-breasted Robin, 50; The Satin Bower- Bird, 50; 

 White-rumped Swift {Micropus padficus), 50; A Bird Drama, 51; Sharp-tailed 

 Stint in Tasmania, 51 ; Meliphagidce and Melitose, 52 ; The Blue Wren of Tasmania, 

 Additional Notes, 52 ; Birds New to Tasmania, 53. 



A Defence of Oology 54 



Additions to the " Handlist of the Birds of Australasia" 57 



From Magazines, &C. — Westem Australian Birds, 58; The Birds of Lord Howe 

 and Norfolk Islands, 58 ; New Zealand Bird Notes, 60 ; A Collection of Sub-fossil 

 Bird and Animals Remains from King Island, Bass Strait, 62. 



Reviews 64 



Correspondence 70 



Bird Observers' Club - - . - 72 



South Australian Ornithological Association - - - 74 



Notes and Notices . . 74 



Important Announcement 78 



In Memoriam - 79 



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