Contents - July, 1908. 



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

 deductions he may draw.) 



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A Synopsis of the Genera and Species of Cygnin^ By 



Harry C. Oberholser^ Washington, U.S.A. . . - - i 



A Trip to the Upper Hunter River District, N.S.W. By 



Sydney Wm. Jackson., A.O.U., Chaiswood., N.S.W. - - - ii. 



Cormorants in Relation to Fishes. By A. H. E. Maiiingley, 



C.M.Z.S., &-C. - - - - - i8 



Observations on the Finch as Foster-Parent to the 



Cuckoo. By F. C. Cole, Melbourne ----- 23 



Bird Notes from Marong (Bendigo District), from 1904 to 



1907. By H. W. Ford -------- 26 



List of Birds Observed in the Wilmot District, North- 

 West Tasmania. By (MissJ J. A. Fletcher, Cleveland, Tas. 32 



A Note on Oreoscopus gutturalis, De Vis. By Gregory M. 



Mathews, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. ------ 34 



Description of a New Emu-Wren. By A.J. Campbell, C.M.B.O. U. 34 



The White-Eye : Its Relation to the Orchardist. By A. 



H. Cliisliobn, Maryborough, Victoria - - - - - - 35 



The Value of Babblers as Insect-Destroyers. By A. H. 



Chishobn, Maryborough, Victoria ------ 36 



Stray Feathers — Foster-parents of Cuckoos, 31; Cape Petrels, 37: Nest and Egg 

 of Paradisea raggiana, 37; The Red Wattle-Bird, 37; Spotted Bower-Bird, 37; 

 Zosterops cosrulescens Nesting, 38 ; Swallows and Swifts, 38. 



Forgotten Feathers. By J. R. McClymofit, M.A. - - - 2,9 



From Magazines, &C. — Cuckoo Caught, 40 ; Egrets' Eggs, 41 ; Honey-eaters 

 Plentiful, 41 ; The Ways of the Emu, 42. 



Reviews . . - - - 45 



Correspondence ---------- 48 



South Australian Ornithological Association - - - 50 

 Bird Observers' Club - - - -- - - - -51 



The Birds of Bass Strait - 51 



"The Coloured Figures of the Birds of Australasia" - 52 



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