566 Recently published Ornithological Works. 
69. ‘ The Emu.’ 
[The Emu. A Quarterly Magazine to popularize the Study and 
Protection of Native Birds. Yol. x. pts. 3, 4, 5. Dec. 1910-April 
1911.] 
A (special) third part of the tenth volume of our con¬ 
temporary is devoted to the doings of the session of the 
Royal Australasian Ornithologists’ Union, as it is now by the 
King’s permission to be called, at Brisbane in October 1910. 
An address was given by Sir William MacGregor, Governor 
of the State, and another by Mr. A. J. Campbell, as President 
of the Union. Besides shorter excursions, a large party 
made an expedition to the Capricorn Islands at the south 
of the Barrier Reef, while Dr. William MacGillivray subse¬ 
quently proceeded to the northern groups, Mr. J. W. Mellor 
to the Blackall Ranges, and Captain S. A. White to Tam¬ 
bourine Mountain. 
Accounts are given of all these expeditions, with lists of 
the species of Birds observed. The White-capped Noddy was 
very plentiful on the Capricorn Islands, and the Wedge- 
tailed Petrel proved to be Puffinus sphenurus of Gould ; 
Mr. Mellor met with the Rifle-bird, Regent-bird, and Cat¬ 
bird of the district; while Captain White found a nest and 
eggs of the Satin Bower-bird. 
Examples of several new species, described by Mr. A. J. 
Campbell, had been collected in North-Western Australia by 
Mr. G. F. Hill for Mr. H. L. White, namely, Falcunculus 
whitei , Ptilotis planasi, and Micrceca hrunneicauda from 
Napier, Broome Bay, and Eopsaltria hilli from Hecla Island ; 
while Mr. D. Le Souef also described as new Trichoglossus 
colesi from Gladstone in Queensland. 
In this part, moreover, Mr. K. Broadbent writes on Birds 
observed in the Cardwell and Herbert River Districts in 
1887 and 1889, and calls attention to the habits of Sceno- 
poeetes dentirostris , Scythrops novce-hollandice , and Megapodius 
duperreyi. 
In Part 4 we have an excellent paper, full of information, 
entitled “ Field-Notes on the Birds of Kimberley, North- 
