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tlie restless creature, which finally took up its station at the 

 top of a tall leafless tree within easy raiifi^e of our hinoculars, 

 Tit-Warblers, Tliornbills, White-eyes, Blue Wrens, and other 

 species were fairly abundant, while a bird which would not 

 he induced to leave a thicdvet may have l)een a Ground-Wren, 

 though it was more probably the Scrub-Wren {Sericornis 

 frontuits) ; we were also lucky to meet with a " Blue 

 Wren'' that was new to us {Malurus lumberti). It was 

 now duslc, and we were reluctantly obliged to forego further 

 researches. 



When in the town the business of the Association kept me 

 from visiting the Museum, and I much regretted not being 

 able to make the acfjuaintance of that eminent ornithologist 

 ]Mr. A. J. North, while a trip by tramway to Botany Bay 

 was too hurried, to have any worthy results. On Sunday, 

 August 23, however, Mr. Le Souef added to his kindness 

 by arranging for an expedition to the National Park in 

 company with a friend and his wife. This sanctuary of the 

 animal life of New South Wales is an immense tract of 

 country on both sides of a fairly broad river. A good road 

 leads to it, and there is a " rest-house " where visitors can 

 stay ; but most people seem to use it as a resort for day 

 excursions, and reach it by one of two railway stations 

 which are within easy walking distance. The scenery is 

 s|)lendid and doubtless varied ; while the portion near the 

 liotel, which alone we visited, consists of perfectly primeval 

 scrub-land, rising from the sides of the water to a very 

 considerable height. The Park, as seen from the station 

 road, gives the impression of a spacious wooded valley. 

 Our new friends' motor would not hold all our party, so 

 Mr. Le Souef and 1 journeyed by train, to meet the others 

 at the hotel. As we descended by a steep road from the 

 station we kept a sharp look-out for Rock-Wallabies on 

 the low cliffs, while we were constantly on the alert for a 

 possible sight of the rare Black Cockatoo {Calyptorhynchus 

 funereus) and King-Parrot {Aprosmictus cyanopyyius),w\\\ch. 

 occur in the neighbourhood. However, we had no luck 

 with regard to any of them, a fact probably due to the 



