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institution, describing a number of new species, and finally 
publishing his well-known '"'Tabular List" in 1888, in which he 
increased the number of our species to 760. This publication 
has been of great value to all who are interested in the dis- 
tribution of Australian birds, and will always rank as one of the 
most useful of ornithological efforts in our Commonwealth. 
In addition. Dr. Ramsay's numerous papers and communica- 
tions to the " Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South 
Wales " and other journals have formed a channel of added 
information to the knowledge of Australian birds. Following 
in the footsteps of Dr. Ramsay, Mr. A. J. North, who was then 
assistant in the Sydney ]\Iuseum, compiled, in 1886, his com- 
pendious catalogue of the " Nests and Eggs of Birds Breeding 
in Australia and Tasmania," admirably illustrated by twenty-one 
coloured plates of eggs. Since then Mr. North has continued to 
work zealously in the good cause, and, having control of the 
splendid collection in Sydney, is in a position to elucidate man\' 
interesting points as regards geographical distribution and the 
economy of the species constantly coming to hand from his 
collectors. Mention must not be overlooked of the labours of 
of Mr. C. de Vis, Curator of the Brisbane ^Museum, who is a 
worthy coadjutor of the naturalists already alluded to. 
Much information, too, on the habits and economy of our 
birds was for many years imparted in various writings to the 
world by that keen observer and charming writer, Mr. K. H. 
Bennett, whose " Notes on the Habits of Birds Breeding in the 
Interior of New South Wales " is a valuable contribution to the 
ornithological literature of Australia. 
Coming now to members of our own brotherhood," allusion 
cannot be omitted to the good work done in his widely 
extended collecting tours and trips in the far north by our 
energetic member, Mr. D. Le Souef, and which has been accom- 
panied by many interesting communications to Tke Ibis. 
Mr. Robert Hall is also making his mark in the ornithological 
literature of the country, his recent volume on " Insectivorous 
Birds " being calculated to do much good. I have lastly to 
mention, though not least in rank by any means, Mr. A. J. 
Campbell, whose years of open-air study of our birds, and un- 
tiring observation of their breeding habits, has eventuated in one 
of the most valuable contributions to oological science that has 
been published. Uur knowledge of the nidification of the Aus- 
tralian ornis has been most materially increased by the acquisi- 
tion of Mr. Campbell's exhaustive and beautifully illustrated 
volume. Nothing can exceed the beauty of the photographs, 
which tend to bring before the student the breeding haunts and 
nesting habits of our species in the most instructive manner 
possible. Among recent publications, allusion may finally be 
made to the " List of Vernacular Names for Australian Birds," 
compiled after much study and thought chiefly by Mr. 
