Contents - January, 1909. 



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

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Malurus dulcis (Lavender-flanked Wren), sp. nov. By 



Gregory M. Maihetas, F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. - - - 113 



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



CM. Z.S., Melbourne. Part II. 114 



The Flame-breasted Robin : A Monograph. By A. G. Campbell., 



Pojnonal, Victoria - - - - - - - - -122 



Among the Birds of North-Western Victoria. By F. E. 



Howe, Albert Park, Melbourne 130 



Notes on Birds Found Breeding near Mackay, North 



Queensland. By E. M. Cornwall. Part II. - - - - 138 



Annotations. By A.J. Catnpbell, Col. Mem. B.O.U. - - - 142 



Notes on the Migration of Apus (Micropus) Pacificus, Lath. 



By Robert Hall, C.M.Z.S., Col. Mem. B.O.U. - ■ - - 148 



Stray Feathers. — New Foster-parents, 149; Rhipidura Dryas, 149; Corcorax, 150; 

 Bird Robbers, 150; Young Stone Plovers and Shingle, 150; More New Foster- 

 Parents, 150; Malurus Fighting its Shadow, 151; Emus and Brush Turkeys in 

 England, 151 ; St. Patrick's River (Tasmania) Note, 152 ; Tasmanian Notes, 153 ; 

 Notes on the Black-faced Cuckoo-Shrike, 154; Notes on Several Birds Found at 

 Strelley River, N.W. Australia, 15^. 



From Magazines, &c. - - 156 



Correspondence - - - - loi 



Australasian Ornithologists' Union— Eighth (Melbourne) 



Session . - . 163 



President's Address : The Most Useful Bird in Australia 169 



Notes and Notices - 170 



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