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back, and throw them into a large pot. They are boiled for 

 about an hour, and are afterwards hung in a smoke-house 

 till dry, when they are bagged and sent to Geraldton, and sold for 

 about ;£io per bag. Now for the birds: I stopped at the reef 

 till the afternoon, when, as one of the boats was returning, I 

 went with it, and in about half an hour we again sighted the 

 sandbank. As we neared it I could see the birds flying about in 

 thousands. We ran the boat right on to the sand and jumped out 

 into the water, which was about two feet deep. The birds rose 

 and circled overhead as we landed ; I had three shots, bringing 

 down a bird each time, when the rest took their departure, and I 

 was not able to obtain a fourth. The eggs were lying on the sand 

 in hundreds — I may say thousands, for in one place I noticed 

 a heap about eight inches deep, and in another they were laid as 

 close together as the birds could sit for more than six feet square.. 

 The bank was not more than twenty yards across, and about three 

 feet above high water mark. The Terns were the same species we 

 saw breeding on one of the North Barnard Islands. I only stayed 

 on the bank about half an hour, as the men were anxious to get 

 away. We reached the island about one o'clock the same night, 

 and I employed the next morning in skinning the birds and blow- 

 ing the eggs. Owing to the want of a boat, I was as much 

 handicapped on this island as we were on the North Barnard,, 

 so I employed the time in searching for insects, of which there 

 were very few. I did not leave till the following Sunday, as the 

 steamer was delayed, and then returned to Rockhampton. 



LIST OF INVERTEBRATA OBTAINED DURING THE 



EXCURSION TO THE GRAMPIANS. 

 Araneida. arachnida. 



Species of the following Genera: — Anepsia, Argiope, Epeira, 

 Arcys, Tetragnatha, Celaenia, Cryptothele, Centropelma, 

 Ariamnes, Theridium, Latrodectus, Habronestes, Amau- 

 robius, Mithurga, Lampona, Drassus, Clubiona, Mygale, 

 Stephanopis, Cymbachna, Direa, Tharpyna, Voconia, 

 Lycosa, Hasarius, Salticus. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 



Gastrophora henricaria 

 Epinephile abeona 

 Delias harpalace 



„ aganippe 

 Heteronympha merope 

 Xenica klugii 



,, kershawi 

 Pyrameis kershawi 



Pyrameis itea 

 Synemon sophia 

 Hesperilla donnysa 



>> (sp.) 



Agarista casuarinae 



,, lewini 

 Chgerocampa 

 Teara tristis 



And several of the micro-lepidoptera. 



