ANNOUNCEMENTS. 735- 



January, 1909. The Acting Permanent Secretary (Mr. J. H. 

 Maiden, 5 Elizabeth-street, N.) will furnish full particulars on 

 application. 



The President gave notice of a Special General Meeting to be 

 held on Wednesday, 25th November, at 8 o'clock, before the 

 appointed Ordinary Monthly Meeting on the same date. Business: 

 to confirm the alterations in Rules xlv , xlvi., and lix., and, if 

 necessary, to elect an Auditor. 



The Donations and Exchanges received since the previous 

 Monthly Meeting, amounting to 9 Vols, 72 Parts or Nos., 19 

 Bulletins, 18 Reports, 5 Maps, and 12 Pamphlets, received from 

 60 Societies and one Individual, &c, were laid upon the table. 



NOTES AND EXHIBITS. 



Mr. North remarked that in the first edition of " Nests and 

 Eggs of Australian Birds " (p. 44, 1889) he had recorded that the 

 late Mr. George Barnard of Coomooboolaroo, Duaringa, Queens- 

 land, had on one occasion found the adult male of Artamus 

 superciliosus paired with the adult female of A. personatus. Mr. 

 North then exhibited a specimen of unusual interest, an hybrid 

 adult male, A rtamus superciliosus x A. personatus, obtained by 

 Mr. H. Greensill Barnard, of Bimbi, Duaringa, Queensland, on 

 the 9th September, 1908. Also, for comparison, adult males of 

 A. superciliosus and A. personatus. Mr. Barnard came across a 

 flock of A. superciliosus nesting about five miles away from home, 

 and among them was the hybrid which was mated with a female 

 of A. superciliosus engaged in building a nest. It resembles A. 

 superciliosus on the upper parts, has the forehead, lores, cheeks, 

 ear-coverts and throat black, passing into blackish-grey on the 

 fore-neck; remainder of under surface ashy-grey with a slight 

 vinous wash; under tail-coverts pale ashy-grey; over and behind 

 the eye a distinct white eyebrow, but not extending so far on to 

 the sides of the crown of the head as in A. superciliosus. Total 

 length 7, wing 4-85 inches. 



