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Title The Emu : official organ of the Australasian Ornithologists' Union, v. 10 July 1910-Apr 1911
Author Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Year 1910
Publisher Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union
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CONTENTS OF VOL. X,—1910-11.

Agriculturists, For, 140.

Albatross, The Carter, 301.

Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales, The, 345.

Amytornis gigantura v. A. macrura, 341.

Arbor and Bird Day in South Australia, 141.

Avicultural Society's Awards, 140.

Annotations, 337.

Articles Received, 352.

Australian Birds, New, 342.

Australian Land-Birds, Distribution of, 342.

Barrier Range, The Region of the, 16, 88.

Bird and Animal Remains from King Island, Bass Strait, 63.

Bird Day, 290.

Bird Drama, A, 51.

Bird-Life on Sandy Creek, Riverina, N.S.W., 118.

Bird-Life on the Kermadec Islands, 2.

Bird Notes from Cunninghame, 136.

Bird Observers' Club, J2, 145, 302.

Bird Protection, 142.

Birds and Poison Baits, 352.

Bird's Nest in Sheep's Wool, 299.

Birds New to Tasmania, 53.

Birds-of-Paradise, Notes on, 141.

Birds of Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands, The, 58.

Birds of North-West Australia, 103.

Birds of the Blackalls, 205.

Birds of the Cardwell and Herbert River Districts (N.Q.), 233.

Birds of the East Murchison, W.A., 70.

Birds of the Tanami Goldfields, 75.

Birds Seen around Inglenook, Merriman's Creek, South Gippsland, 121.

Birds Seen in and around Broome, North- Western Australia, iii.

Black Swan's Nest, A, 147.

Blue Wren of Tasmania, The, 52.

B.O.C. Minutes, 77.

Bower-Bird, Additional Notes on the Tooth-billed (Scenopceetes dentirostris). of North Queensland, 81.

Bower-Bird, The Satin, 50.

British Ornithologist in Australia, 140.

Broome Hill, W.A., Field Notes from, 294.

Capricorn Group, Birds Identified on the, 195, 304.

Capricorn Group, Expedition to the Islands of the, 181.

Caterpillar-eater, White-shouldered, (Lalase tricolor), 294.

Cleveland (Tas.) Notes, 137.

Cockatoo's Vocabulary, A, 304.

Collyriocichla superciliosa, Nest and Eggs of, 341.

Coloured Figure Fund, 148, 351.

Coot, Tasmanian Notes on the, 138.

Correction, A, 303.

Correspondence, 70, 301.

County Bird Book, Another, 75.

Crow-Shrike, Description of a New, 34.

Cuckoo, Foster-Parent of Fan-tailed, 292.

Cuckoo Notes, 134.

Curious Clutch, 49.

Curious Nests, 343.

Death Trap, A, 148.

Defence of Oology, A, 54.

Description of two New Nests and Eggs from North-West Australia, 132.

Descriptions of New Eggs, 339.

Destruction of Birds, 45.

Egg Collecting, 351.

Emu-Wren, Mallee, Notes on the, 336.

Ephthianura, Description of a New, 251.

Erratum, 139.

Expedition to the Islands of the Capricorn Group, 181.

Explanation, An, 148.

Extension of Locality, 303.

Field-Wren, Nest and Eggs of the Rock, 293.

Game Protection in the United States, 344.

Gerygone cinerascens. Description of the Nest and Eggs of, 341.

Goshawk, Description of a New, 249.

Gould Bird League, The, 75.

Great Barrier Reef, Along the, 216.

Ground-Lark's Nest on Highway, 292.

"Handbook of the Birds of Tasmania," 74.

"Handlist of the Birds of Australasia," Additions to the, 57.

Hawks, Notes on, 247.

Honey-eater, Helmeted (Ptilotis cassidix), 217.

Honey-eater, White-eared (Ptilotis leucotis), 49.

Incubation and Fledgling Periods in Birds, 140.

In Memoriam, 78.

Kimberley, North-West Australia, Field Notes on the Birds of, 258.

Lorikeet, Description of a New Queensland, 204.

Magazines, &c.. From, 58, 140, 299, 342.

"Magpies" (Gymnorhina), The Pugnacity of, 49.

Meliphagidæ and Melitose, 52.

Native Cat and Herons, 293.

New Sub-species, 303.

New York Zoological Society, Journal of the, 342.

New Zealand Bird Notes, 60.

Notes and Notices, 74, 147, 303, SSI Nomenclature of "Handlist of the Birds of Australia," Alterations in the, 317.

Obituary, 76.

Œstrelata leucoptera, Further Remarks on the Finding of the Nest and Egg of, 253.

Ornithological Congress, Fifth International, 148.

Ornithological Field Research, 351.

Outer's Book, The, 342.

Pachycephala meridionalis. Eggs of, 49.

Pardalote, Nesting Site of, 340.

Pardalotes, Notes on, 113.

Parrot, A New Australian, 147.

Parrot Pets, Wild, 135.

Pelicans, Destruction of, 344.

Penguin, Notes on the Crested {Catarrhactes chrysocome), 41.

Penguin, The Little, 137.

Petrel, Description of the Nest and Egg of the White-winged, 252.

Petrœca phœnicea Breeding in Gippsland, 340.

Philippine Birds, The, 342.

Podargus Call, Production of, 246, 303.

Podicipes, Prolific, 136.

Prior Name, 303.

Publications Received, 353.

Reed-Warblers in Tasmania, 351.

Regent-Bird (Sericulus melinus), Notes on the, 44.

Reviews—"Ornithologists at Warunda Creek," 64; "A History of the Birds of Kent," 65; "A Handbook of the Birds of Tasmania and its Dependencies," 66; "The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand," 6j; "A Monograph of the Petrels (Order Tubinares)," 143; "The Fauna of Cheshire," 14.1; "The Birds of Dumfriesshire," 299; "Life of William MacGillivray," 300; "Protected Native Birds of South Australia," 346; "Foreign Birds for Cage and Aviary," 347; "An Australian Bird Book," 348.

Rhipidura phasiana. Note on, 1.

Robin, Flame-breasted, 50, 340.

Robin, Plumage of the Female Pink-breasted, 292.

Robin, The Dusky [Petrceca vittata), 127.

Rostratula australis, The Southern Limit of, 138.

Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, Brisbane Session—Minutes, 149; Financial Statement, 152; Address by the State Governor, 165; Exhibits, 167; Outings, 169; Lectures in Brisbane, 174; Provincial Visits, 176; President's Address, 178.

Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, List of Members, 355.

Royal Letters, Copies of, 248.

Royal Thanks, 75.

Scrub-Bird, Noisy, 304.

Scrub-Bird, Rufous (Atrichornis rufescens). The Haunt of the, 327.

Sericornes, Victorian, 35.

Sharpe, The late Dr. R." B., 75.

South Australian Ornithological Association, 74, 146, 303, 350.

Stint, Sharp-tailed, in Tasmania, 51.

Stirling Ranges, W.A., In the, 305.

Stray Feathers, 49, 134, 292, 340.

Swamp-Hawks (Circus e^ouldi). 135.

Swift, White - rumped (Micropus pacificiis), 50.

Swifts, Flight of, 340.

Tambourine Mountain, Trip to, 212.

Trinomials v. Binomials, 148.

Tunnel District, Tasmania, Trip to the, 304.

Western Australian Birds, 58, 299.

White-bellied Sea-Eagle, 134.

Wood-Swallow and Cuckoo, 134.

Wood-Swallows, Movement of, 135.


ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. X.

Rhipidura phasiana . . . {coloured) plate i

Sunday Island: view from the crater rim . plate ii

Half-fledged Young Masked Gannet (Sula cyanops), Meyer Island; Half-fledged Young Phaethon erubescens, Sunday Island . . . . . . . . plate iii

Red-tailed Tropic-Bird (Phai'thon erubescens) on egg in nesting-place, Sunday Island; Nest of Sunday Island Petrel (CEstrelata neglecta), Sunday Island . . plate iv

Œstrelata neglecta on Nest, Meyer Island; Young in down, Œstrelata neglecta, Meyer Island . . plate v

Tufted Honey-eaters {Ptilotis auricomis) feeding upon "manna" exuded by Grey Gum (Eucalypt), Nelson Island, Hawkesbury River . . plate vi

Skuas (Megalestris antarctica) at carcass of seal . . . plate vii

R. Bowdler Sharpe . . plate viii

Certificate of Gould League of Bird-Lovers. Three Species of Leaves most frequently used by the Tooth-billed Bower-Bird in Play-grounds . . plate ix

Eleven other Species of Leaves used by the Tooth-billed Bower-Bird in Play-grounds . . . plate x

Wild Lorikeets {Trichoglossus novæ-hollandiæ) being fed on syrup .. . plate xi

Nest and Eggs (covered and uncovered) of Podicipes novcshollandice . . plate xii

Group of White-capped Noddies' (Micranous leucocapillus) Nests, Capricorn Islands . . . plate xiii

Home of the Jacana (Hydralector gallinaceus) . . . plate xiv

Coral Reef Formation, where numerous birds—Terns, Reef-Herons, Waders, &c.—feed at low tide, off Mast-Head Island . . . plate xv

Scene on Mast-Head Island . . . plate xvi

Pisonia Forest, Mast-Head Island . . . plate xvii

Sea-Eagle's Eyry and Eaglet (Haliactus leucogastcr), Erskine Island . . . plate xviii

Strand on Mast-Head Island, where Brown- winged Terns (Sterna anæstheta) land before entering undergrowth to nest, &c. plate xix

Nest of the Barred-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis); Black Oyster-catcher's (Hæmatopus unicolor) Nest . . plate xx

White Reef-Heron's (Demiegretta sacra) Nest in Pandanus tree plate xxi Young (white phase) of Reef-Heron [Demiegretta sacra); Brown-winged Tern (Sterna ancestheta) . . . plate xxii

Nest of White-capped Noddy (Micranoiis leucocapillus) . . plate xxiii


Illustrations in Vol. X., 1910-1911. Silver Gull's (Larus novæ-hollandiæ) Nest at foot of Sheoak (Casuarina) sapling plate xxiv

Wedge-tailed Petrel (Puffinus sphennnis) plate xxv

Raine Island, at northern end of Great Barrier Reef, showing Brooding Gannets (Sula cyanops and S. leucogaster) plate xxvi

Brown Gannet ("Booby") (Sula leucosaster) and Young; Masked Gannet (Sula cyanops) on Nest plate xxvii

Red-legged Gannet (Sula piscatvix) on Nest; Young Lesser Frigate-Birds (Fregata ariel) plate xxviii

Creek Scene: Home of White-breasted Honey-eater (Glycyphila fasciata), also of Tawny Grass-Bird (Megalurus galactotes) and Red-backed Wren (Malurus cruentatus) along the grassy margin plate xxix

Mangrove Creek: Home of White-tailed Robin (Pæcilodryas pulverulenta). Shining Flycatcher (Piezorhynchus nitidus), and Brown-tailed Flycatcher (Micrœca brunneicauda) plate xxx

Sandstone Country: Home of Lavender-flanked Wren (Malurus dulcis), Brown-breasted Shrike-Thrush (Collyriocichla woodwardi), and Rock-Pigeon (Petrophassa albipennis) plate xxxi

Egg-mound of Scrub-Fowl (Megapodius tumulus) plate xxxii

Nest of Rainbow Pitta (Pitta iris) plate xxxiii

Fallen Tree: Nesting Sites of Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton); Play-ground of Great Bower-Bird (Chlainy- dodera nuchalis) plate xxxiv

Masses No. i and No. 2—Portions of scrub debris frequented by Atrichornis plate xxxv

Site where Atrichornis Nest was found (16/10/10) plate xxxvi

Nest in situ of Rufous Scrub-Bird (Atrichornis rufescens) . . plate xxxvii

Play-ground of Lyre-Bird (Menura superba) plate xxxviii

Nest of Lyre-Bird (Menura superba) plate xxxix

His Majesty King George V. (Co-Patron R.A.O.U.) plate xl

Her Majesty Queen Mary (Co-Patron R.A.O.U.) plate xli