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The monthly meeting of this Association was held on Friday evening, 25th 

 November. Business included correspondence concerning the introduction 

 of the Mallee-Fowl into Kangaroo Island. The secretary was requested to 

 push the matter on, as the season was far advanced. A long discussion 

 took place in reference to the extension of the close season for game, and 

 it was thought by the majority of the members that if the season were 

 extended to loth January it would give the birds a chance. Several cases 

 of shooting birds in close season were brought forward, and it was with the 

 greatest regret that members listened to such flagrant breaches of the law 

 and wanton cruelty. The remainder of the evening was taken up by a 

 narrative of the last expedition under the Royal Australasian Ornithologists' 

 Union to the Great Barrier Reef, last October, which was read by Capt. 

 S. A. White. A list of the birds noted during the expedition, as well as their 

 habits, &c., was read by Mr. J. W. Mellor. A number of specimens were 

 exhibited from these localities, principally the Capricorn Islands. 



Notes and Notices. 



PODARGUS Calls.— In Mr. Mattingley's article, p. 246, six 

 " 00ms " should read six " calls." 



Wanted. — If any member has copies of vols, i., ii., iii., or 

 parts thereof, of The Emu, which they wish to sell, will they 

 please communicate with the hon. secretary, R.A.O.U., stating 

 price, &c. 



Prior Name. — In re 358A, PsepJiotiis cJirysopterygius blaauwi. 

 Van Oort, in " Notes from the Leyden Museum," xxxii., p. 71 

 (1910), this bird is the same as P. ciicullatus, North. — G. M. 

 Mathews. 



New Sub-species. — Munia castaneithorax assimilis differs 

 from M. castaneitJiorax (Gould) in having the chestnut band on 

 the chest much darker in colour and the upper tail coverts rich 

 chestnut-brown. Wing, 55 mm. Hab. — Eureka, Northern 

 Territory.— G. M. Mathews. Bulletin B.O.C., No. clxiv. 



A Correction. — Referring to the highly interesting photo, 

 blocks that accompany Mr. Tom Iredale's article on the 

 Kermadec Islands in this volume, it should have been stated 

 that the original negative of Plate II. was taken by Mr. W. L. 

 Wallace, and those of Plates III. and V. were by Mr. R. B. 

 Oliver. 



Extension of Locality. — In a small lot of skins sent to 

 me from the Northern Territory was a skin of ApJielocepJiala 

 nigridncta, ^ (No. 691, " Handlist " ). This bird was obtained for 

 the first time by the members of the Horn Scientific Expedition, 

 when two males and a female were collected by Mr. Keartland. 

 It was described by Mr. A. J. North in The Ibis (1895), and is 

 fairly well figured on plate 7 in the " Report of the Horn 

 Scientific Expedition— A ves " (1896).— G. M. Mathews. 

 Watford (England), 28/10/10, 



