Index:The Emu volume 18.djvu
CONTENTS OF VOL. XVIII.—1918-19.
About Members, 77, 128, 322. A Bush Walk, 200. Acanthiza nana, Description of a New Sub-species of, 122. Additions to Library, 136, 217, 315. Albino Birds, 73. An Afternoon Among the Birds in the Baltimore (Md.) Woods, United States of America, 117. Australian Green-backed Finch (Erythritra trichroa mac- gillivrayi), 1. Australian Roller [Eurystomus pacificus) in Tasmania, On the Occurrence of the, 136. Banded Finches, Nests of, 132. Bell-Birds and Caterpillars, 295. Bird Notes from the Boat Harbour (Tasmania) District, 96. Bird Protection in Queensland, 129. Birds and Caterpillars, 75 Birds and Drought, 238, 305. Birds of Lake Victoria and the Murray River, 8. Birds of the Pilliga Scrub, New South Wales, 272. Brown Hawk, The, 209. Bustard and Mice, 205. Camera Craft Notes, 131, 209, 306. Chestnut-rumped Ground-Wren [Hy- lacola pyrrliopygia, Vig. and Hors.), Notes on, 292. City Observations, 304. Cormorants : Are They Pests or Otherwise ? 103. Correspondence, 76, 138, 210, 237, 310. Crested Bell-Birds and Caterpillars, 132. Cuckoo and Mice, 74. Cuckoo Seen with Egg, 302. Cyclones and Bird Destruction, 72. Dance of Coots, A, 205. Diurnal Birds of Prey, Food of, 88. "Down Marlo Way," 265. Extraordinary Accident, An, 205. Finches and Grass-Parrots, 302. Forgotten Feathers, 202. Four Ornithological Trips to the Nullabor Plains, 189. Foxes and Plovers, 131. Freckled Duck, 74. Further Notes on Additions to the "H. L. White Collection," 254. Galahs, Flights of, 73. Gilgi Notes, Some, 207. Goldfinch, A New Trait of the, 301. Goshawk, The Australian, 306. Grass-Warbler (Cisticola exilis). Nesting Habits of the, 199. Great Brown Kingfisher and Heron, 132. Gull, The, as a Storm Prophet, 206. Hungry Honey-eaters, 74. Hylacola pyrrhopygia (Vig. and Hors.), Description of a New Sub-species of, 59. Jungle and the Snows, 106, 203. "Kea Parrot" (Nestor notabilis) of New Zealand, The Skeleton of the, 25. Kookaburra, The, 299. Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus, Gould), Haunts of the, 160. Letter-winged Kite (Elanus scriptus, Gould), The, 157. Little Penguin [Eudyptula minor, Forster), Study of Australian Specimens of, 50. Lyre-Bird's Nest, 205. Lyre-Birds, The Nesting of, 298. Mallee-Fowls, Six Months' Record of a Pair of, 285. Malurus cyanotus. Description of a New Sub-species of, 121. Maternal Courage, 134. Members of R.A.O.U., 148. Monthly Conversaziones of R.A.O.U., 144, 220. Nesting Notes from Moree, 65. New Nests and Eggs, Descriptions of two, 127. Nomenclature, 238. Notes, 147. Notes on Birds Breeding in Dampier Archipelago, N.W. Coast of Australia, 240. Notes on Birds Seen on the Murray River, 122. Notes on Birds from the Gouldian- Gilbert Type-Locality, North Australia, 172. Notes on Some Additions to the H. L. White Collection, 2. Obituary Notices, 77. Pajingo Notes, 206. Penguins, The Moult of, 307. Petroica (Australian Robin), An Unidentified, ,300. Posing the Sitter, 307. Powerful Owl and Ring-tailed Possum, 303. Prickly Pear, Spread of by the Scrub-Turkey, 288. Protection of Birds, 57, 312. Publications Received, 59. Quail and Mice, 74. Queensland Bird Protection, 131. Queensland Notes, 43. Rare Birds, 205, 303. Red-cered Pigeon (Globicera rubricera). New Pigeon recorded for Australia, 240. Reviews, 140, 221. Rooks Killing Sheep, 75. Royal Australasian Ornithologists' Union, 223. "Shamming Sick," 133. Singing Honey-eater {Ptilotis sonora), The, 297. Skua and his Victims, 135. Snakes and Young Birds, 303. Some Observations by a Bird- Lover in the Eastern Mallee Fringe, Victoria, 124. Spider and Chicken, 307. Spinebill, The, 209. Spine-tailed Swift, The, 302. Spotted Scrub-Wren (Sericornis maculata) and Little Wattle- Bird (Anellobia lunulata), A Trip in Search of the, 10 1. Stray Feathers, 73, 131, 205, 302. Striated Grass-Wren (Amytornis striata, Gould) 81. Summer Visitors, 204. Swifts and Weather, 133. Tasmanian National Park, 132. Tawny Frogmouth, 308. Trinomials, 131. Valuable Gift^to the R.A.O.U., 233. "What are Australian Petrels," 82. "Whisper Song," The, 133. White-tailed Black Terns in Western Australia, 134. Wild-Fowl, Proposed Refuge for, 130. Woodpecker, Red-headed (Melan- erpes erythrocephalus), and its Nest, 304. ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOL. XVIII. Australian Green-backed Finch [Erythruva trichoa macgillivrayi) (coloured) . . . . . . . . . . plate i Renmark Water Tower, under the j^rojecting top of which Fairy Martins nest ; Nests of Diamond-Birds scratched out by the cunning fox . . . . . . . . plate ii Water-Birds' Paradise, Murray River ; Examining a Black Duck's Nest . . . . . . . . . . plate iii Skeletoii of Nestor notahilis . . . . . . . . pls. iv to x Cormorants' Rookery at Toorilla ; Spoonbill Rookery, Toorilla, Queensland . . . . . . . . . . plate xi A Queensland Forest after the Great Cyclone . . . . plate xii Albino Magpie (Gym)iorhina Icuconota) ; Flights of Galahs (Rose- breasted Cockatoo) . . . . . . . . plate xiii The late Colonel W. V. Legge, C.M.B.O.U., first President R.A.O.U. . . . . . . . . . . plate xiv The Striated Grass-Wren (Amytornis striata) (coloured) .. plate xv The Wedge-tailed Eagle (Uroai.-tus audax) .. .. .. plate xvi Mummy Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) ; Peregrine Falcon (F. peregrinus) . . . . . . . . . . plate xvii Breeding-Groiind of Southern Skua (Megalestris antarctica), Kerguelen Island . . . . . . . . plate xviii Nest and Eggs of Yellow-billed Spoonbill (Plulibis flavipes) ; Lesser Frigate-Bird (Frcgata ariel) . . . . . . plate xix Letter-winged Kites (Elanus scriptus) (coloured) . . . . plate xx Billabong of Diamantina River, Western Queensland : Site of a Breeding Colony of Letter-winged Kites (Elanus scriptus) plate xxi Coolabah Trees, with Nests of Letter-winged Kite . . , . plate xxii Nest, in situ, and Eggs of Letter-winged Kite . . . . plate xxiii Nest of Letter-winged Kite, containing young in down . . plate xxiv Young Letter-winged Kites at Camp, with daily meals of rats plate xxv Young Letter-winged Kites at Camp . . . . . . plate xxvi Jackson's Camp on Diamantina River, Coolabah tree in back- ground containing nest of Letter-winged Kite . . plate xxvii Ooldea Native Well . . . . . . . . . . plate xxviii Parakylia, on leaves of which Bustards and other birds feed ; Cats'-tails (Trichinium exaltatus), frequented by many insects on which birds feed . . . . . . plate xxix Fruit of Acacia Randelliaiia, the food of many desert birds ; Grevillea stenohotrya, a plant of importance to desert Honey-eaters . . . . . . . . . . plate xxx A Limestone " Blow-hole," in which Owls roost ; A Granite Rock-hole, in which water can persist for some time plate xxxi Granite Boulders, a desert feature of importance to bird-life ; Granite Rocks, containing holes at which birds get water . . . . . . . . . . . . plate xxxii The Brown Hawk ; Spine-bill Honey-eater . . . . plate xxxiii Major (Dr.) W. Macgillivray, tenth President R.A.O.U. . . plate xxxiv The Red-cered Pigeon (Globicera rubricera) (coloured) . . plate xxxv On Barrow Island : True Spinifex (S. longifolius) . . . . plate xxxvi Whitlock Cove, Barrow Island . . . . . . . . plate xxxvii Nest and Young of Sea-Eagle . . . . . . . . plate xxxviii Nest of Malurus edouardi in prickly bush . . . . plate xxxix Type Nest and Eggs of the Desert-Bird (Eremiornis carteri) plate xl The Mouth of the Snowy River and Drifted Sand Beach plate xli Blue-bellied Lorikeets on fruit-tree at Marlo plate xlii Cabbage-tree Palms near Mario, East Gippsland plate xliii The Road from Mario east to Cape Conran plate xliv Fig-tree at Belltrees, N.S.W. plate xlv The Australian Goshawk (Astur approximaus) plate xlvi Large Spider (Selenotypus plumipes) and chicken removed by it ; Australian Brown Flycatcher on nest plate xlvii A Penguin moulting at the Melbourne Zoological Gardens Feathers moulted in one night by Penguin plate xlviii Two Frogmouths in the picture — find them plate xlix Scarlet-breasted Robin (female) on nest in fruit-tree (Victoria) ; Black-faced Flycatcher (female) perched above nest (Queensland) plate I |