diff --git a/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb b/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb
index 51441289d9..49bef0d8fa 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/parsers/streamparser.rb
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ module REXML
 						@listener.text( normalized )
 					when :processing_instruction
 						@listener.instruction( *event[1,2] )
-					when :comment, :doctype, :attlistdecl, 
-						:elementdecl, :entitydecl, :cdata, :notationdecl, :xmldecl
+          when :start_doctype
+            @listener.doctype( *event[1..-1] )
+          when :notationdecl, :entitydecl, :elementdecl
+            @listener.notationdecl( event[1..-1] )
+					when :comment, :attlistdecl, :elementdecl, :cdata, :xmldecl
 						@listener.send( event[0].to_s, *event[1..-1] )
 					end
 				end
diff --git a/lib/rexml/rexml.rb b/lib/rexml/rexml.rb
index 540d5c3a9d..6403a785c0 100644
--- a/lib/rexml/rexml.rb
+++ b/lib/rexml/rexml.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # Main page:: http://www.germane-software.com/software/rexml
 # Author:: Sean Russell <serATgermaneHYPHENsoftwareDOTcom>
-# Version:: 3.0.8
+# Version:: 3.0.9
 # Date:: +2004/137
 # 
 # This API documentation can be downloaded from the REXML home page, or can
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@
 module REXML
 	Copyright = "Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Sean Russell <ser@germane-software.com>"
 	Date = "+2004/137"
-	Version = "3.0.8"
+	Version = "3.0.9"
 end