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 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