Contents - April, 1909. 



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

 deductions he may draw.) 



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Notes on Birds Observed on the Pilbarra Goldfield, 



North-Western Australia. By F. Lawson Whitlock- - 173 



Narrative of the Expedition Promoted by the Australasian 

 Ornithologists' Union to the Islands of Bass Strait. 

 Bj' (Capt.) S. A. White, Adelaide ------ 195 



Camp-out on Phillip Island. By A. J. Campbell, Col. Mem. 



B.O.U. ------ 207 



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



Fletcher. Pari I. --------- 210 



Stray Feathers. — Storm-Petrels, 214; Gladstone (Q.) Notes, 215; Movements of 

 Wood-Swallows, 215 ; Bronze-Cuckoos at Devonport (Tas.), 216; Dottrels' Nesting 

 Places, 216; Waterfowl and Weather, 217; Migratory Notes from Cleveland, 

 Tasmania, 1908, 218 ; The Lyre-Bird at Poowong, 220 ; Birds of Inverloch (Vict.), 221. 



From Magazines, &c. - - - - 223 



Reviews ------------ 228 



Notes and Notices 231 



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