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Another County Bird Book. — An important work on the 

 birds of Dumfriesshire, by Mr. Hugh S. Gladstone, will shortly 

 be published by Messrs. Witherby and Co., of High Holborn, 

 London. The book will give an exhaustive account of the 

 present day status and past history of all the birds of the 

 county, and will be illustrated by photographic plates and a 

 map. It will be published by subscription, and in a strictly 

 limited edition. 



The Gould Bird League. — Attention is directed to the 

 inset certificate of the Gould Bird League, which was in- 

 augurated by the Bird Observers' Club, Victoria. The certificate 

 speaks for itself, and can be obtained by any citizen of the 

 Commonwealth of Australia or of the Dominion of New Zea- 

 land, on payment of 07ie penny, with postage added (postage, 

 i^d. within or 3d. beyond Victoria). Hon. secretary's address: 

 Mr. J. A. Leach, M.Sc, Education Department, Melbourne. 



Royal Thanks.— On the death of His Majesty King 

 Edward VH., and the consequent accession of His Majesty 

 King George V. (who, with Queen Mary, is a patron of the 

 Australasian Ornithologists' Union), the Council of the Union 

 forwarded a congratulatory message to King George on the 

 occasion of his accession. The following reply has been received 

 from the Private Secretary to Lord Dudley : — " The Governor- 

 General has been commanded by His Majesty King George the 

 Fifth to convey to you his sincere thanks for the loyal and 

 congratulatory message which you were good enough to send 

 in connection with His Majesty's accession." 



The Late Dr. R. B. Sharpe. — The excellent and character- 

 istic likeness (Plate VHL) of this ornithological savant was re- 

 ceived too late to accompany the obituary notice which appeared 

 in The Eimi, vol. ix., p. 178. It is now quite opportune, if taken 

 in conjunction with the following practical suggestion made by 

 Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant in The Bidletin of the B.O.C. (No. 

 clvii.): — " It is sad to think that, after 38 years of the most faithful 

 and unselfish service to the nation. Dr. Sharpe should not have 

 been spared for a few years to enjoy his thoroughly well earned 

 pension. As it is, his wife and children are left insufficiently 

 provided for, and it is greatly to be hoped that some special 

 means may be found of obtaining a pension for the family of so 

 valuable a public servant." 



Birds of the Tanami Goldfields. — Mr. M. Symonds 

 Clark, Adelaide, has kindly supplied the following informa- 

 tion : — 



"I have reviewed a letter, dated 31st March, 1910, from Mr. 



