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17. Macpherson on the Golden Eagle. 
[The Home-Life of a Golden Eagle. Photographed and described by 
H. B. Macpherson. London : Witherby & Co., 1909, pp. l-4o, 3 2 pis. 
5s. net.] 
Mr. Macpherson here gives us an exhaustive and most 
excellent account of his observations at the eyry of a Golden 
Eagle in the Grampians. To devote the whole of a book to a 
single species might seem, at first sight, unnecessary, but on 
reading the letter-press we are bound to confess that in this 
case the author has fully justified his action, and that there 
is not a word which we would willingly have omitted, while 
our own experiences, so far as they go, exactly tally with his. 
From April 23rd, when the eggs were hard-set, Mr. Mac¬ 
pherson constantly visited the nest until the young Eagle left 
it, during a period of no less than eleven weeks, and some 
idea of the tod involved in the undertaking may be gained 
from considering the weather that usually prevails—and as 
a matter of fact did prevail—at that time of year in the 
corries of the Scottish mountains. The photographs are 
most successful, and include excellent pictures of the cock, 
the hen, and the young bird in all stages of growth. 
18. North on Cinclosoma marginatum. 
[Description of the Female with Nest and Eggs of the Cinnamon- 
chested Ground-Thrush (Cinclosoma marginatum Sharpe). By Alfred 
J. North, C.M.B O.U. Iiec. Austr. Mus. vii. no. 4 (1809).] 
The male of Cinclosoma marginatum was described by 
Dr. Bowdler Sharpe in 1883 from a skin obtained in 
N.W. Australia. Air. North now describes the female, 
nest, and eggs obtained by Mr. C. G. Gibson, Assistant 
Geologist, at Willuna, Western Australia, and adds notes 
on the range, nesting, and eggs of the species. A photo¬ 
graphic plate is given of the nest and eggs. 
19. North on a new Acanthiza. 
[Description of a new Species of Acanthiza from Western Australia. 
By Alfred J. North, C.M.Z.S. Viet. Nat. xxvi. no. 6 (1909).] 
In a small collection of birds obtained in the vicinity of 
