Contents - October, 1908. 



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

 deductions he may draw.) 



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Thermometer-Bird or Mallee-Fowl. By A. H. E. Mattingley, 



C.M.Z.S., Melbourne. Part J. S3 



Descriptions of New or Rare Australian Birds' Eggs. By 



D. Le Souef, C.M.Z.S., Melbourne 6i 



Notes on Some Birds of the Abrolhos Islands, W.A. By 



Chas. G. Gibson., Perth ....-.-- 64 



Birds at Essendon. By H. Stuart Dove., F.Z.S., Moonee Ponds, 



Victoria - - - - 66 



The Black Cormorant in New Zealand. By Edgar F. Stead, 



Christchurch, N.Z. - -71 



Observations on the Cormorants along the Coast and in 



the Inland Waters of Victoria. By C. F. Cole - - 76 



Bird Notes from Cleveland, Tasmania. By (Miss) J. A. 



Fletcher, Cleveland, Tasmania ------- 79 



The Montague Island Gullery. By A. F. Basset Hull, Sydney 80 



Great Forward Movement in Bird Protection - - 86, no 



The Mutton-Bird Traffic. Important Recommendations - 91 



Bird Prosecutions under the " Game Act," Victoria - - 92 



Stray Feathers — Emus in the Grampians, 94 ; Spine-tailed Swifts, 94 ; Cormorants 

 V. Yabbies, &c., 94 ; White-browed Babblers as Pillagers, 94 ; Kestrel Mimicking 

 Root, 95 ; Malurus Fighting its Shadow, 95 : Heidelberg, 96 ; More about Cor- 

 morants V. Fishes, 96; Fulham (S.A.) Notes, 97; Nests and Eggs oi Calamanthus 

 montanellus, 97 ; Can Gulls Dive ? 99 ; The Raven at Charlotte Plains, 100 ; 

 Among Bristle Birds, 101; Notes on Amytis (Amyiornis) varia, or Marlock Grass- 

 Wren, 103. 



From Magazines, &c. ------.-* 105 



Correspondence ---------- 106 



South Australian Ornithological Association - - - jo8 



Bird Observers' Club --------- 109 



Notes and Notices - - - - - - - - - m 



Special Notice - - - - - - - - - - 112 



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