THE WOMBAT. 75 



Ink for titling negatives. Prepare the following solutions: — 

 No. 1. No. 2. 



Sugar 



15 parts. 



Bichromate of Mercury 



.. 5 parts 



Glycerine .. 



5 » 



Nitrate of Mercury 



.. 10 ,, 



Water 



60 „ 



Alcohol 



..60 ,, 



Mix equal parts of each solution, write on ordinary writ- 

 ing paper, and transfer to the surface of the negative by 

 pressing on the back of the paper with the fingers. The 

 writing will appear in the negative reversed, and therefore 

 correctly in the print. Practical Photographer. 



Do not destroy waste prints. They make excellent labels 

 for bottles &c, if they have been fixed. 



Dr. S. Schonland, of the Albany Museum, Grahamstown, 

 South Africa, wishes to exchange natural history specimens 

 (particularly birdskins and eggs) from South Africa for " a 

 representative set of Australian birdskins, suitable for mount- 

 ing for public galleries." 



Mr. Walter F. Webb, of Th» Museum (journal), Albion, 

 New York, U.S.A., wishes to obtain Australian land shells in 

 exchange for literature dealing with the subject 



Members of the photographic or science clubs who have 

 not received their copies of the Wombat are requested to apply 

 to the secretaries of their respective societies. 



Mr. Henry Lidgett supplies the following note per Mr. 

 Jas. Lidgett : — " During last season I took some trouble to 

 procure the nest and eggs of the Swallow Dicaeum (DiccBum 

 hirumdinaceum ) , and while out collecting in the Werribee 

 Gorge on October 24th, my attention was directed to a female 

 bird running backwards and forwards along a fallen casuarina 

 collecting cobwebs which I considered was material for her 

 nest ; following her up the steep side of the gorge for perhaps 

 a quarter of a mile, I was rewarded by seeing the bird settle 

 in the outer branch of a small black wattle in which I espied 

 her nearly finished purselike nest. Quietly I retraced my 

 steps and in twelve days removed a beautiful set of three 

 pearly white eggs. On the 7th Nov. I found another nest 

 with the usual set of eggs." 



Mr. J. Hammerton supplies the following note : — " The 

 other day I had an English starling brought to me, shot at 

 Mortlake. They are in thousands on the Werribee plains." 



