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cells about equal and more or less ovate, tapering to opposite 

 ends of spore with slight external constriction between them, 

 apex bluntly pointed by thickened epispore or rounded ; largest 

 33-431x1. x 15-2001. ; pedicels hyaline, long, about 6m. in 

 thickness. 



On leaves of Coprostna Billardieri, F. v. M., Kevv, October ; 

 Dandenong, February. 



In the later gathered specimens, from Dandenong, the cells of 

 the teleutospores are empty, and the sori and surrounding tissues 

 of the leaf pervaded by coarse dark-coloured promycelial fila- 

 ments, partially septate, and bearing sporidia. 

 (To be continued.) 



NOTES. 



Orchid — Pterostylis Cucullata— At the September meet- 

 ing of the Club a freshly collected specimen of a Pterostylis from 

 the Dandenong Ranges was exhibited by Mr. C. French, jun., 

 which I regard as a form of Pterostylis cucullata, R. Br. The 

 specimen had a very elongated stem, the lower portion leafless 

 except bearing two minute rudimentary leaves, while within the 

 embracing floral bract a very short and narrow accessory bract was 

 contained, in the manner of that occurring in Caladenia Menziesii 

 and C.Nortoni. Many years ago Mr. C. French, F.L.S., found P. 

 cucidlata at Cheltenham in peaty Melaleuca scrub drawn up to 

 five feet high, so that P. Babtistii, Fitzgerald (Hooker's Bot. 

 Mag., 6,351) should probably be regarded as a gigantic form of 

 P. cucullata. — F. von Mueller. 



Birds of Box Hill District. — Some brief notes as to the 

 arrival of nomadic birds, and the nesting dates of others, at Box 

 Hill this season, may be of interest to members for comparison 

 with their own observations. The earliest young flying birds 

 observed were the Mountain Thrush, Geocichla lunulata, on the 

 26th of August, and the Ephthianura albifrons on the 28th ; a 

 fully fledged specimen of the latter I obtained by accidentally 

 placing my foot on it while in search of the nest. The young of 

 the White-backed Crow Shrike (Magpie), Gymnorhina leuconota, 

 were seen flying last week, and a nest of the Yellow-rumped 

 Geobasileus, G. chryssorhoza, containing two young partly fledged, 

 on the 31st of August. Many nests of Yellow-breasted Robins, 

 Eopsaltria australis, one having two young, were noted on 8th 

 September, and a nest of the Scarlet-breasted Robin, Petroica 

 Legyii, was obtained at the close of August. On Saturday 

 last (8th September) I was fortunate in securing a male Rose- 

 breasted Robin, Erythrodryas rosea. On 18th August both 

 Pallid and Bronze Cuckoos were visible to residents ; on the 

 crown of the former I was surprised to notice a group of 

 white feathers, the reason for which some of our members may 



