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bered that when we visited this ground last year in October the 

 deserted nests of both these birds were seen. A flock of 

 Pennant's Parrakeets were disturbed in the mallee, and numbers 

 of small birds, principally Acanthizas, Robins, and Honeyeaters, 

 were met with. With the exception, however, of the New 

 Holland Honeyeater, very few of them had started building. 

 Crossing the gully a fine fox was seen, but he did not like the 

 appearance of our party, and cleared out before his skin got 

 damaged. Time was now up for a start on the homeward track, 

 and on reassembling at Mr. Raleigh's for tea it was found that, 

 although our captures were not very numerous or valuable, many 

 interesting notes had been taken. After bidding farewell to Mr. 

 Lidgett, and enjoying Mr. Raleigh's hospitality, a fresh start was 

 made for the station, where we amused ourselves (and other folks 

 too) catching beetles which flew against the station lamps. The 

 following is a list of the birds noted : — Straw-necked Ibis, Red- 

 capped Robin, Flame-breasted Robin, Yellow-breasted Robin, 

 Scarlet-breasted Robin, Hooded or Pied Robin, Brown Hawk, 

 Nankeen Kestrel, Allied Harrier, White-winged Chough, Rose- 

 hill Parrakeet, Red-rumped Parrakeet, Pennant's Parrakeet, Blue- 

 banded Parrakeet, Musk Lorikeet, Spotted-sided Finch, Red-eye- 

 browed Finch, Pallid Cuckoo, Bronze Cuckoo, Fantail Cuckoo, 

 Wattled Honeyeater, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, Yellow-faced 

 Honeyeater, New Holland Honeyeater, Lunulated Honeyeater, 

 White-plumed Honeyeater, Spinebill Honeyeater, White-eared 

 Honeyeater, Black-faced Grauculus, White-eyed Crow, Collared 

 Crow Shrike, White-throated Tree Creeper, Brown Tree Creeper, 

 Black-breasted Plover, Southern Stone Plover, Sulphur-crested 

 Cockatoo, Pied Grallina, Temporal Pomatorrhinus, Chestnut- 

 crowned Pomatorrhinus, White-backed Crow Shrike, White-fronted 

 Ephthianura, Frontal Shrike Tit, Varied Turnix, Superb Warbler, 

 Spotted Pardalote, Striated Pardalote. Yellow-tailed Acanthiza, 

 Buff-rumped Acanthiza, Linealed Acanthiza. — G. A. Keartland. 



EXCURSION TO SPRINGVALE. 



Four members arrived by train from Melbourne on Saturday, 

 the 29th October, another joining at Springvale, having walked 

 from Brighton, collecting on the way ; with two local residents, we 

 were thus seven in number. About one mile from the Railway 

 station we entered the fields and made our way to what is known 

 locally as Kelly's scrub. Here in season is a good field for the egg- 

 collector, entomologist, &c. Insects, however, on this day were 

 very scarce, owing to the heavy rains which had fallen during the 

 week, and perhaps we were too early for them, not a single insect 

 being noted that was worth capturing. Two lizards were noted, 



