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principal places where they have been found. The precious 

 stones and economic materials, such as limestone, clay, coal, &c., 

 are treated in the same manner, and the pamphlet is a useful 

 addition to our literature on the subject. 



Nests and Eggs of Birds Found Breeding in Australia 

 AND Tasmania, by A. J, North, C.M.Z.S., Ornithologist, 

 Australian Museum. — The first part of vol. ii. of this catalogue, 

 consisting of 105 pages, has been issued by the Trustees 

 of the Australian Museum. It contains the families Laniidae, 

 Certhiidge, Sittidse, and part of the family Meliphagidse. 

 Besides numerous woodcuts and half-tone blocks in the 

 text, full-page plates are given of the nest and eggs of 

 White-throated Thickhead, Pachycephala gutturalis, Vig. 

 and Hors., nest of the Crested Shrike-Tit, Falcunculus 

 frontatus, Gld., and nest and eggs of the White-cheeked Honey-' 

 eater, Meliornis sericea, Gld. ; also, two plates of eggs, containing 

 25 and 36 figures respectively. Mr. North gives many interesting 

 details both as regards the habits of the birds or the histories 

 of the recorded specimens, while on page 62, in the course of a 

 few appropriately worded sentences, he calls attention to the spot 

 where Australian zoology and botany first received attention. 



Glimpses of Australian Bird Life. — Such is the title of a 

 sixty-page booklet received from Mr. T. C. Lothian, pubHsher, 

 49 Elizabeth-street, Melbourne. It consists of a series of about 

 thirty typical pictures of Australian bird-life reproduced from 

 original photographs by Messrs. R. Hall, A. Mattingley, A. B. 

 Lord, and the late H. P. C. Ashworth. Each is accompanied by 

 brief explanatory notes by Mr. R. Hall, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S. The 

 pictures range through many orders of birds, and both adult and 

 young birds, as well as nests and eggs, are figured. Many it will be 

 seen at a glance are unique, and it is stated that Mr. Ashworth's 

 " Albatross Feeding its Young " was only secured after twenty 

 days of patient watching. The booklet forms an excellent 

 souvenir to send to naturalists in other lands. 



Australiasian Ornithologists' Union. — The sixth annual 

 meeting is now being held at Hobart, under the presidency of 

 Dr. C. S. Ryan, and from reports received a very successful 

 congress is in progress. 



A.A.A.S. — The next meeting of the Australasian Association 

 for the Advancement of Science will take place in Adelaide 

 during January next. The local hon. secretary, Mr. T. S. Hall, 

 M.A., University, will be pleased to give any information desired 

 to intending members. 



Exchange. — Australian Butterflies. — A German collector 

 desires to exchange with Australian lepidopterists. Address — 

 Gustav Eberhard, architect, i Beckerst., Frisdenau, Berlin, 

 Germany. 



