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Title The Emu, 18, 1918-1919
Author Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Year 1918
Publisher Australasian Ornithologists' Union
Location Melbourne
Source djvu
Progress To be proofread
Transclusion Index not transcluded or unreviewed
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Cover Title iii iv v vi Img 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Img 11 12 Img 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Img 29 30 Img 31 32 Img 33 34 Img 35 36 Img 37 38 39 40 Img 41 42 Img 43 44 45 46 Img 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 Img Img 73 74 75 76 Img 77 78 79 80 Img 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 Img 89 90 91 92 93 94 Img 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 Img 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 Img 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 Img 157 158 159 160 Img Img 161 162 Img Img 163 164 Img Img 165 166 Img 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 Img Img 191 192 Img Img 193 194 Img 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 Img 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 Img 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 Img 239 240 Img 241 242 Img 243 244 Img 245 246 247 248 Img 249 250 Img 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 Img 265 266 Img 267 268 Img Img 269 270 271 272 Img 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 Img 305 306 Img Img 307 308 Img Img Img 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 Title ToC Adv Adv Title ToC Adv Adv Title ToC Adv Adv Title ToC Adv Adv Cover
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