Issue Details: First known date: 1909... no. 123 October 1909 of The School Paper for Classes V and VI est. 1898 School Paper for Classes V and VI : Bird Day Number
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Notes

  • Only literary material by Australian authors is individually indexed.

    Other material in this issue includes:

    • First page picture: 'Reed Warbler and Nest' photograph by Mr A. H. Mattingley accompanying poem 'The Emperor's Bird's Nest', [129].
    • Editor's Note: 'Bird Day, and the Gould League of Bird Lovers' subjects every pupil in a Victorian school should know, 144; 'Our Contributors' acknowledgements, 144.
    • Poetry: 'The Emperor's Bird's Nest' extract by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (q.v.) with photograph: 'Reed Warbler and Nest' by A. H. Mattingley, [129]-130; 'Lines to a Waterfowl' poem called 'To a Waterfowl' by American poet William C. Bryant (1794-1878) 132-133; 'The Skylark' extract from poem 'To a Skylark' by English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (q.v.) 137-138.
    • Non-Fiction: 'Cuckoos' by E. B. Nicholls with three (unattributed) photographs: 'Pallid Cuckoo', 'Bronze Cuckoos' and 'Fantail Cuckoo' from specimens in the National Museum Melbourne, 130-132; 'Herons, Egrets and Bitterns' by A. H. Mattingley, Secretary of the Australasian Ornithologists Union, Melbourne with two stanzas of (untitled) poem by Will H. Ogilvie (q.v.) and four photographs by Mattingley: 'Young Nankeen Night Herons in Nest', 'Young Blue Cranes or White Fronted Herons', 'Brooding Egret on Nest' and 'Starving Young Egrets', 133-137; 'Coloration' by D. Le Souef, Director of the Melbourne Zoological Gardens with photograph: 'Young Stone Plovers' taken by Mr D. Le Souef, 138-139; 'Migration of Birds' by Robert Hall, Curator Tasmanian Museum and Botanical Gardens with two (unattributed) photographs from specimens in the National Museum, Melbourne: 'Sharp Tailed Stint' and 'Golden Plover', 139-141; 'The Birds of Australia' extract from Australasia in Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel edited by A. R. Wallace with two (unattributed) photographs of specimens in the National Museum, Melbourne: 'Helmetted Honey Eater' and 'White Cheeked Honey Eater', 142-144; 'The Value of the Ibis' by A. H. Mattingley, 144.

Contents

* Contents derived from the 1909 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The Magpies' Morning Songi"A shaft of the sun strikes over", J. B. O'Hara , single work extract poetry (p. 141)
Note: Extract from Odes and Lyrics with photograph: 'The Magpie' taken by Mr A. H. Mattingley.
On the Plains, George Essex Evans , extract poetry (p. 142)
Note: Extract of two stanzas beginning: 'Here, when the days are dull and gray,'

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