Vol. VIII. 



1909 



J Reviews. 23 1 



by adopting Mr, Marriner's suggestion to provide a home for it 

 on one of the outlying islands, where it could do no harm, and 

 where circumstances might compel its return to the "simple 

 life." The book is well printed on good paper, and the illus- 

 trations, though for the most part small, are numerous and well 

 executed. It may be purchased for los, 6d. 



Notes and Notices. 



Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club proposes holding an 

 Easter camp-out on Freycinet Peninsula and Schouten Island, 

 East Coast, to which members of the A.O.U. have been kindly 

 invited. 



Expedition to Bass Strait.— Referring to this account 

 (pp. 195-207), Mr. A. H. E. Mattingley has prepared a " Photo- 

 graphic Souvenir " of the trip, containing 100 choice half-tone 

 reproductions, depicting incidents, sights, and scenery of the 

 Strait. The album, which is handsomely got up, may be 

 obtained by members and friends of the expedition on applica- 

 tion to Mr. Mattingley. Price, 22s. 6d. 



"An Exciting Emu Drive — 490 Birds Killed ! " — Such 

 is the awful heading in a recent number of The Pastoralists 

 Reviezv. It gave an account which appeared in the Goondiwindi 

 Argus of a shameful slaughter of noble and defenceless birds in 

 Queensland. Because they spread " the cursed prickly pear," 

 forsooth ! Emus did not introduce the prickly pear into 

 Australia. But what are the authorities doing in Queensland 

 by allowing the destruction of Emus, which are supposed to 

 enjoy protection under the Game Laws .'' 



American Museum of Natural History. — The " Gallery 

 of the Habitat Groups of Birds" was opened with great eclat on 

 Thursday, 25th February, when President Henry F. Osborn 

 and Mr. John L. Cadwalader entertained visitors to afternoon 

 tea. 



Mr. Tom Carter, M.B.O.U., of Broome Hill, W.A., after a 

 brief visit with his family to the eastern States, has left by the 

 s.s. Medic for England. Mr. Carter hopes to return to Australia 

 within two years. 



A Member of the A.O.U. Honoured.— Mr. A. H. E. 

 Mattingley, recently hon. secretary of the A.O.U., has been 

 elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society for the Protec- 

 tion of Birds. This influential society has for its president Her 

 Grace the Countess of Portland, while the vice-president is the 

 Earl of Stamford. 



