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The mammals, birds, and reptiles contained in the collection on the 6th 

 October, 1899, comprised 473 specimens and 132 species. 



In addition to the above, there are many animals living at large in the 

 Gardens, which form one of the chief attractions of the place. Great care 

 is taken to encourage the wild birds, and their numbers seem to have 

 increased considerably during 1899. The most noticeable of these birds 

 are : — 



Song-Thrush {Turdus musicus). 



White Water- Wagtail (Motacilla alba). 



Grey-headed Yellow Water- Wagtail (Motacilla cinereocapilla). 



Common Sparrow (Passer domesticus). 



Hooded Crow [Corvus comix). 



Kingfisher [Alcedo ispida). 



Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis). 



Hoopoe ( Upupa epops). 



Grey-headed Love Bird (Agapomis cana). 



Barn Owl (Strix flammea). 



Southern Little Owl (Carine meridionalis). 



Kestrel (Tinnunculus alaudarius). 



Egyptian Kite (Milvus cegyptius). 



Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea). 



Night Heron (Nycticorax griseus). 



Wild Duck (Anas boscas). 



Common Teal (Querquedula crecca). 



Turtle-Dove (Turtur senegalensis). 



Stone-Curlew (CEdicnemus crepitans). 



Australian ornithologists— a body of students which, we believe, is 

 increasing — will doubtless appreciate ' A Key to the Birds of Australia and 

 Tasmania, with their Geographical Distribution in Australia,' by Robert 

 Hall. A beginning is made with 767 known species, but assuredly many 

 more are to be discovered in this wide, and in many parts little-worked, 

 area. A short description is given of each species, and the value of the list 

 would have been much enhanced if a reference to the publication of the 

 original description had also been given. This publication is in convenient 

 form for pocket reference, and we should have greatly valued a similar 

 compilation when collecting in other parts of the world. It is published 

 by Melville, Mullen & Slade at Melbourne, and by Dulau & Co., London. 



Prof. C. O. Whitman has reprinted and issued in a separate form his 

 lecture on " Animal Behaviour," delivered at the Marine Biological 



