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THEAUSTRALIAN MUSEUM 



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Puhlished by the Australian Bluseum - - - - College Street, Sydney. 

 Editor: C. Anderson, M.A., D.Sc. Annual Subscription, Post Free, 4/4. 



Vol. 1. No. 5. 



.JULY, 1922. 



Editorial. 



THE MAGAZINE. 



The Australian Museum Magazine has 

 now passed its first anniversary, and it 

 is possible to make an estimate of the 

 success or otherwise of the publication. 

 It is gratifying- to report that, judging- 

 from sales and from the enquiries which 

 have reached us from all parts of New 

 South Wales, and even from other States, 

 the Magazine is widely appreciated and 

 is assured of sufficient support to war- 

 rant its continuance. We hope for a 

 further increase in circulation as time 

 goes on, and the publication becomes 

 better known to the Australian public. 



OUR FRONTISPIECE. 



The fine coloured plate by Mr. Neville 

 W. Cayley which forms the frontispiece 

 of this number is the generous gift of 

 Messrs. Angus & Eobertson, Ltd., Syd- 

 ney. It is a reduced reproduction of an 

 illustration which will appear in a forth- 

 coming work, "The Birds of Australia 

 and Tasmania with their Nests and 

 Eggs," to be known as 



CAYLEY-'S BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



This magnificent publication, which 

 will probably remain the standard work 

 on our birds for many j'^ears, will shortly 

 be issued by Messrs. Angus & Robertson, 

 who are deser\dng of the highest praise 

 for their enterprise and patriotic spirit. 

 The letterpress will be the work of Mr. 



A. S. Le Souef, Director of the Taronga 

 Zoological Park, Sydney, and Mr. 

 Charles Barrett, author of "In Australian 

 Wilds," with special contributions by Mr. 

 A. J. Campbell, author of "Nests and 

 Eggs of Australian Birds," and field ob- 

 servations by leading Australian orni- 

 thologists. Every Australian bird will 

 be illustrated in colour by Mr. Cayley, 

 whose name is a guarantee of fine work. 

 A special feature will l)e the splendid 

 plates illustrating the eggs of all birds 

 which breed in, or visit Australia. In 

 these plates the artist and the engrav- 

 ers, Messrs. Bacon & Co., Ltd., Sydney, 

 have, by some necromancj-, succeeded in 

 making the eggs stand out in relief with 

 a quite startling stereoscopic effect. The 

 work will also contain a very fine series 

 of photographs from life, showing the 

 birds in their native haunts, their nests 

 and nesting sites, their young, and some- 

 thing of their daily life. The completed 

 work will contain over two thousand of 

 these photographs, each taken by an ac- 

 complished nature photographer. 



This and other Australian museums 

 have a special interest in "Cayley's Birds 

 of Australia," for we have been privi- 

 leged to help in its production, which 

 has entailed continual reference to the 

 various national collections, including 

 our own, and frequent consultations 

 with the officers in charge of the orni- 

 thological sections. 



