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Notes

Only literary material by Australian authors individually indexed.

Other material in this issue includes:
- Poetry: 'The Wounded Curlew' by American poet Celia Thaxter (1836-94), 131-132; 'An Invitation To The Swallow' (unattributed), 137; 'To A Willie Wagtail' by James Thomas, 142.
- Fiction: 'General Custer And The Bird's Nest' (unattributed), 141-142.
- Natural History: 'Bird Observing' by Charles Barrett, with illus. of 'The Blue Wren', 130-131; 'Petrels' by W. H. Dudley Le Souef, with illus. of 'The Stormy Petrel', 'Mutton-Bird On Phillip Island' and 'Stormy Petrel On Mud Island, Port Phillip Bay', 132-134; 'Kingfishers' by L. G. Chandler, with illus. of 'The Great Brown Kingfisher, Or The Laughing Jackass' and 'The Sacred Kingfisher', 135-136; 'The Swallow' by Wm. Gillies, with illus. of 'House Swallow', 'Wood Swallow' and 'Welcome Swallow', 138-141; 'Bird Day, And The Gould League Of Bird Lovers' (unattributed), 142.
- Music: 'The Spring Is Come' by Dr. Hayes, 143; 'When The Rosy Morn Appearing' (unattributed), 143-144.
Preceding or following each piece is a short glossary of the longer words, as well as notes about people and places mentioned and comments on the metre of poetry.