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their parents. In the neighbourhood of Bemm River we were 

 told that Dingoes were very numerous, and also Platypus in the 

 waterholes. Emus are also seen in the open country, as well as 

 Kangaroos, but they are not numerous. The last flood in this 

 river rose to a height of 30 ft., and occurred in January, 1894, 

 and must have destroyed an immense number of birds' nests and 

 their contents, which were built near the river bank — a favourite 

 place for birds. We left next morning for the Cann River, 20 

 miles distant, and during the day noticed the Black Cockatoos, 

 Gahfptorhynchus Leachii, Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, I^eather- 

 heads, Philemon cortiicidatus, Coachwhip Birds, White Goshawks, 

 Reed Warblers, Emu Wrens, Ground Thrush, Little Grass Bird, 

 Gang-Gang Cockatoos, White-throated Nightjar, Bell Birds, 

 Superb Warblers, Pipits, Flame-breasted Robins, Lewin's Honey- 

 eater, King Parrots, and other birds, and at the various stopping 

 places we generally saw, fastened up on the wall, the tail of the 

 Leach's Black Cockatoo, with the red bars across. At the Cann 

 River there is an accommodation house, where we stayed for the 

 night, and left again in the morning for the Genoa River, 35 miles 

 This part of the journey was by far the most interesting. The 

 road was for the most part over a roughly and newly cut track, 

 which in some places went down a steep hillside and up again 

 on the other at an equally acute angle. Now the track lay 

 over a hill of granite, then again over another hill of slate and 

 quartz, and so on. In many places there was every indication of 

 gold-bearing country, but being difficult of access it is mostly 

 untried. Splendid forests of ironbark and other trees were 

 passed through, and fern trees were plentiful in the deep beds of 

 the creeks, and we heard the clear call of the Lyre-Bird on 

 several occasions in such localities, and every now and then we 

 had beautiful glimpses of distant views from our mountainous 

 track, as it wound along the crests of the hills. Occasionally we 

 passed through belts of stunted timber on swampy ground, but 

 not often. Black Cookatoos were seen on several occasions 

 among the tall timber, but only one snake was seen and 

 despatched, a Copper-head, though, as the weather was very hot 

 during our journey, we had expected to have seen more of them. 

 Lizards were numerous, and two Iguanas, Vara7ius Gouldi, were 

 noticed, and one Copper-head Snake killed ; also the tracks of an 

 Echidna and many holes were seen in Termites' or White Ants' 

 mounds which these animals had burrowed in their search for 

 food. Near the house at the Cann River was a large blackberry 

 hedge, which was in full bearing at the time of our visit. Numbers 

 of Grey Crow-Shrikes came to it to eat the fruit, and I watched a 

 little Collared Sparrow Hawk, which was sitting on a neighbouring 

 willow tree, suddenly swoop down and fly along the hedge on one 

 side and return to his willow tree along the other side, upsetting 



