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in a wayside bush. On the sea at Black Rock we expected 

 to meet with one, if not two, of the smaller Penguins ; but 

 the weather was, unfortunately, too calm to drive them in, 

 though Gulls [Larus novce-hollandicB) and Terns {Sterna 

 nereis) were observed in the oifing. On the shore we had 

 better luck, for after some troul)le we identified several 

 White-browed Scrub-Wrens {Sericornis frontalis) lurking 

 on the ground under the buslies, and satisfied ourselves 

 that two or three very dark Honey-eaters flitting along 

 the gum-trees by the roadside were the Black Honey-( ater 

 {M>jzomela nigra). If we were right, they were probably 

 on migration. At the Golf Links we saw a Raven {Corvus 

 mariana), a few Crows (C. corunoides) and Pipits (^Anihus 

 australis), and a Lark {Alauda arvensis). The motor-drive 

 produced little until evening. We walked up Fern-tree 

 Gulley without seeing anything of special interest, though 

 we were on the look-out for the Pilot-Bird {Pycnoptilvs 

 fioccosus) and Lyre-Bird [Menura victorice). Probably it 

 was a little early in the season for many species, and 

 certainly we had not half time enough to examine even 

 the scrub close to us. In the wooded lands towards War- 

 burton we heard many a song, and hunted several likely 

 spots for Lyre-Birds' nests; but we were not fortunate, and 

 M'ere only able to be sure of the beautiful notes of moic 

 than one Honey-eater as yet unknown to us, and unluckily 

 undeterminable. In fact it was getting dusk, and colours 

 did not shew up. The whole place, however, swarmed with 

 Kookaburras, and we greatly enjoyed the musical chorus 

 with which they provided us. We had crossed right over 

 the Ranges in most lovely scenery, with steep ascents and 

 descents, amidst rough scrub with little cultivation and occa- 

 sional patches of tree-ferns ; but we had to hurry back by 

 a longer and more level road, in order to reach Melbourne 

 before dark. 



The fine Zoological Gardens of that city provided much 

 that was of interest — water-fowl, in particular, and two Lyre- 

 Birds in one of the aviaries. We only regretted that there 

 was not time to visit them more often, and to remain till 



