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 &#42;Seleucides nigricans—Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise. Drepanornis albertisii—D'Alberti's Bird of Paradise. &#42;Epimachus speciosus—Great Sickle-bill Bird of Para - dise. Paradisea raggiana—Marquis Raggi's Bird of Paradise. &#42;Paradisea minor—Lesser Bird of Paradise. Manucodia comrii—Curl-crested Manucode. Paradigalla carunculata—Wattle Bird of Paradise. Parotia sexpennis—Six-plumed Bird of Paradise. &#42;Lophorina species.

Then of the Birds of Great Britain we have:—The plate of Red-starts with Gould's notes, the Eider Duck and Shel - Duck, and the Great-eared Owl, all splendid pieces of work.

Another very interesting plate is an original by Wolf, done for Gould's Birds of Asia, and signed "J. Wolf, 1857." It is of the Alligator-bird, and has all the notes and outlined drawings, for the help of the artist who was to put it on the stone.

'The four marked with an asterisk have not been published.

Bird Notes from Terrigal, N.S.W.—On the afternoon of April 8, 1930, a small flock of Pied Oyster-Catchers (Hæmatopus ostralegus), ten in number, was on the beach here for about an hour. They were fairly tame and allowed one to approach within about 50 yards. They left in a southerly direction at 5.30 p.m.

On April 8 a local fisherman drew my attention to a large dark-coloured bird which was flying in large circles to the south eastward somewhat off shore. In a short time it came near enough to enable one to see it clearly without the aid of field glasses. There is no doubt in my mind that it was a Greater Frigate Bird (Fregata minor)—a bird I have often seen in the Islands and New Guinea. This seems a long way south for the bird—we are only thirty miles north of Sydney.

Since the scrubs and forest country have been cleared on this part of the coast the Black-backed Magpie (Gymnor - hina tibiten) has appeared in fair numbers. There were none here about five years ago. The clearing of the scrubs has, however, driven several interesting birds father back—namely, the Regent Honeyeater (Zanthomiza phrygia), the Topknot Pigeon (Lopholaimus antarcticus), the Eastern Whip-bird (Psophodes olivaceus). The Bell-birds are, I am glad to say, holding their own at present. By Bell-bird I mean the Bell-miner (Manorina melanophrys).—A. J., R.A.O.U., Onslow, N.S.W.