THE AUSTRAL AVIAN 

 RECORD. 



A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL DEVOTED PRIMARILY 

 TO THE STUDY OF THE AUSTRALIAN AVIFAUNA. 



Vol. 1., No. 1. January, 2nd, 1912. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Notes on Australian Cuckoos . . . . . . . . 2 



Dates of Issue of Lear's Illustr. Psittacidjs . . 23 

 and Muller's Nat. Gesch. Land-en Volk. . . 24 



EDITORIAL NOTE. 



While preparing my Reference List to the Birds of 

 Australia (now in the press), I accumulated many 

 notes of great interest regarding matters that need 

 investigation. In that Reference List I have shortly 

 indicated some of these matters, but detailed accounts 

 could not there be introduced. I have therefore decided 

 to publish, at irregular intervals, such notes as I deem 

 necessary to require immediate attention and referring 

 to birds which either have been already treated of in 

 my Birds of Australia or will not be dealt with in 

 the immediate future. In this place it is proposed to 

 indicate new forms, notes on nomenclature and any other 

 interesting matter relating to the Australian avifauna. 



