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shown in the plate which accompanies' the article, but the speci¬

mens figured are apt to be misleading as while the British example

is in full summer plumage, the Continental one shows a lot of

colour on the head and neck, a sign of immaturity or winter

plumage. With this number the Editors, as previously announced,

insist on the International Rules of Nomenclature being adhered

to and all our native birds now appear under their new cogno¬

men’s ; as a result of this a serious source of error is likely to

creep in since almost every bird is recorded under a trinomial,

even if the bird is only seen and not handled and there are few

races that can be identified with certainty in the field.


The article in the July number is a translation of Sibbald’s

Prodromus published in 1684; the original being written in

obscure and somewhat involved Latin. Mr. Mullen’s translation

of this interesting work is very acceptable. A review of Mr.

Eagle Clarke’s recent work on Migration forms the article of the

August number.


All the numbers contain, as usual, a large number of short

notes relating chiefly to the occurence, or nesting of rare and

local species. _


THE EMUA


In the April number of The Emu, Mr. McLean continues

his most interesting account of the Bush birds of New Zealand,

illustrated by some photographs of the typical haunts of the birds

as well as of their nests and eggs. Mr. Whitlock sends a further

account of his zoological researches in the Stirling Ranges,W.A.,

also illustrated by some excellent photographs. Among the many

other shorter articles and notes we may specially notice as being

of interest to Aviculturists the acclimatization in one or two

districts of the beautiful White Torres Strait Pigeon ( Myristicivora

spilorrhoa). This bird which is seldom (if ever) imported into this

country should make a very suitable aviary inmate and seems to

be quite hardy. At Brisbane and at Herberton, N.Z. they have

complete liberty and do not appear to wander far from where they

have been turned out.


In the July number Capt. S. A. White contributes a num-



The Emu, Journal of the Royal Australasian Ornithologist’s Union. April and July,

1912. London : E. A. Porter.



