Published by The Gordon Technical College, The Gordon 

 College Amateur Photographic Association and The 

 Gordon College Science^fwiSu^^x 



Vol. IV.— No. 3. MAY, 1899; OCT 23 JS43 yNo. 15. 



All communications to be addressed to the editor, Mr. 

 H. E. Hill, Gordon Technical College, Geelong, Victoria, 

 Australia. 



The editor is not responsible for the statements in any paper. 



NOTES. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL RESULTS DURING 1898. 



During the season just closed, steady progress has been 

 made in Australian ornithology and oology. A new and in- 

 teresting bird from the North West Cape has been described 

 by Mr. A. J. Campbell as Stipiturus ruficeps (Rufous-crowned 

 Emu Wren). He has also given provisional descriptions of 

 three other birds from the same quarter, namely : — Cala- 

 manthus rubiginosus (Rusty-red Field Wren), Acanthogenys 

 flavacanthus (Yellovv-spined Honey-eater), and Ptilotis carteri 

 (Western White-plumed Honey-eater). The " Garganey," 

 or Blue-winged Teal {Querquedula circa) of Europe has been 

 added to the list of Australian avifauna, as a pair has been 

 identified that was shot at Lake Connewarre, near Geelong. 



With regard to our eggs, the following have been 

 discovered : — 



Astur leucosomus (Lesser White Goshawk) 

 Chlamydodera atistralis (Great Bower-bird). 

 Chny do der a guttata (Yellow-spotted Bower-bird). 

 Drymawdus brunneopygius (Scrub Robin). 

 Ephthianura crocea (Yellow-breasted Chat). 

 Myzomela pectoralis (Banded Honey-eater). 

 Ptilotis jlavistriata (Yellow-streaked Honey-eater). 

 Atrichia rufescens (Rufous Scrub-bird). 

 Trichoglossus rubritorquis (Red-collared Lorikeet). 

 Ptistes coccineopterus (Crimson-winged Lory). 

 Psephodes nigrogularis (Black-throated Coachwhip-bird). 



Mr. S. W. Jackson, (N.S.W.), was the fortunate finder 

 of the nest of the rare Scrub-bird, while four of the other nests 

 discovered were due to the enterprise of Drs. Charles Ryan, 

 and Wm. Snowball and Mr. Dudley Le Souef, who sent a 

 collector to Northern Australia for four months. Contributed. 



A flamingo was shot at Connewarre Lakes last January, 

 and was brought into the town to be stuffed. 



