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whole appear to be well executed, considering they were probably 

 drawn from dried specimens ; that of Correct speciosa, however, 

 hardly conveys the hanging appearance of the flowers as seen in a 

 growing plant, while that of Viola hederacea is much enlarged. 

 Mr. Britten, in adding "determinations in accordance with the 

 nomenclature at present adopted," has made two notable changes, 

 thus — Correct speciosa is included with C rubra under Correa 

 reflexa ; and Kenneclya monophylla, formerly Hardenbergia mono- 

 phylla, becomes Caulinia bimaculata. When shall we have 

 finality in scientific names ? — Ed. Vict. Nat.'] 



Descriptive Catalogue of the Nests and Eggs of Birds 

 Breeding in Australia and Tasmania. — The Australian 

 Museum (Sydney) authorities hope to issue the first part of the 

 new edition of this catalogue early in the new year. We have 

 been favoured with a perusal of proofs of the letterpress, process 

 engravings, and text illustrations, all of which are executed in 

 the highest style of art, and will be a credit to the author, Mr. 

 A. J. North, C.M.Z.S., and all concerned. The work will be 

 especially interesting to members of the Field Naturalists' Club 

 from the fact that several members have supplied specimens for 

 illustration or photographs for reproduction. The completed 

 volume, which is quarto size, will contain twenty-five plates, 

 figuring about 600 eggs. These can be had hand coloured by 

 those who can afford the extra expense. Those submitted were 

 most faithfully coloured, and, like numerous other drawings 

 throughout the work, reflect great credit on Mr. Neville Cayley. 

 The work will be more than a mere catalogue of nests and eggs, 

 for the synonymy and description of each species, together with 

 brief notes on the habits and distribution, will be given. The 

 completion of the volume will be looked forward to by ornith- 

 ologists with great interest. 



White-browed Tree-creeper. — While on a collecting trip 

 to Lake Boga, near Swan Hill, in August last, my brother shot, 

 in the Mallee scrub to the west of the township, a Tree-creeper 

 which appeared to be the recently described bird Climacteris 

 superciliosa, North, obtained on the Horn Expedition in Central 

 Australia. The birds were somewhat common, as he succeeded 

 in procuring two males and one female. The skins were sub- 

 mitted to Mr. Robert Hall for identification, who considers them 

 undoubted specimens of the White browed Tree-creeper, and its 

 extended range, so far south as Victoria, is an interesting record. 

 No rufous eyebrow shows on any of the specimens, while the super- 

 ciliary white band is very distinct. That over the eye of the 

 female does not extend behind the eye as in the males. — H. 

 Clarence Smart. 



