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Nests of the Gang-gang Cockatoo. — In Mr. Howe’s article 
on the Gang-gang Cockatoo in the July number of The Emu 
there are one of two statements that are not quite correct. Mr. 
Howe quotes me as saying the birds invariably breed in a hollow, 
dead spout. This is not correct, as of the three nests I have 
noted two were in such a position and one was in the main barrel 
of the tree. The first nest contained one egg, and was found 
on 2/11/1922; the second, with two young birds just hatched, 
was found on 30/11/1922, and the third with two young about 
a week old on 7/12/1922. With regard to the presence of the 
Glossy Black Cockatoo ( Calyptorhynchus lathami) in the Cas- 
terton district, there is a Black Cockatoo with a red-tail here, 
but I have never taken a specimen, and it may turn out to be 
the Red-tailed Black Cockatoo ( C . banksi). I hope to spend 
some time with the Gang-gangs this spring, and later to obtain 
a specimen of the local “Red-tail.” If successful I shall write 
up my notes for The hmu.—^C. E. Simson, R.A.O.U., “Rose- 
neath,” Casterton, Vic. 
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Bell Miners in the Casterton District, Western Victoria.— 
On the 7th May of this year I noted a flock of perhaps 40 or 
50 Bell Miners ( Manorhina melanophrys) on the Glenelg River, 
about eighteen miles north of Casterton. They appeared to be 
feeding amongst the leaves of the red gums, and were travelling 
in a south-westerly direction. This must be a western record 
for the birds, and it will be interesting to see if they establish 
themselves in the suitable country that starts forty miles further 
down the Glenelg River.—C. E. Simson, R.A.O.U., “Roseneath,” 
Casterton, Vic. 
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[A List of British Birds prepared by the Special Committee Ap¬ 
pointed by the British Ornithologists' Union, and published by the 
authority of the Union.] 
[Systema Avium Ethiopicarium.—A systematic List of the Birds 
of the Ethiopian Region. By William Lutley Sclater, M.A., M.B.O.U. 
Prepared in conjunction with Special Committees of the British and 
American Ornithologists’ Unions. Part I., pp. 1-304. Published 
30th April, 1924. Price, £1/1/-.] 
A hearty welcome was given to these very important works 
which reached Australia practically together. 
Curiosity ran high as to the standards of the Systema Avium 
(A.O.U. and B.O.U.) committees. It must be confessed that 
disappointment was keen, as it was realised that there was still 
much to be done before a uniform list of birds on uniform 
standards could be prepared. 
Mr. Sclater is to be congratulated on the fine work he has 
done in dealing so effectively with the birds of so important a 
