Ross, Six Months' Record of a Pair of Mallee-Fowls. 



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 List April 



was found at the spot indicated l)y that figure. Thus, the 7th, 

 12th, 17th, and 22nd eggs were all placed where the second egg 

 was taken from. 



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The birds did not work at the mound after 23rd March, although 

 the marks of their feet showed that they had walked over it very 

 frequently. 



The placing of five eggs in a tier, as recorded above, is, as far 

 as I can learn from the experience of others, and as far as my 

 own experience goes, very unusual, but on i8th September, 1917, 

 Mr. R. H. Archer, in company with Messrs. J. J. Scarce, F. E. 

 Howe, H. A. Purnell, and myself, at a locality about 5 miles from 

 the mound already described, found another which (according to 

 my note book) " contained five eggs irregularly set in one tier." 



Report on Investigations in Regard to the Spread of 

 Prickly Pear by the Scrub^Turkey. 



By G. B. Brookes, Instructor in Agriculture, Rockhampton. 



The Scrub-Turkey having been suspected by several observant 

 settlers in pear-infested country of being the medium for carrying 

 and distributing the seed of the prickly pear, Mr. G. B. Brookes, 

 Agricultural Instructor for the Central District, was deputed by 

 the Department of Agriculture to fully investigate the matter 

 and report the results. Mr. Brookes has now furnished the 

 following report on the subject : — 



Although particulars have already been supplied covering a 

 period dating from the inception of the inquiry, my remarks will, 

 in this instance, embrace the whole of the work carried out. 



The following are the principal points included in the scope of 

 the inquiry : — 



1. Are the Turkeys large consumers of pear fruit ? 



2. Are the seeds wholly digested by the birds ? 



