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] Campbell, A Census of Grampian Plants. 



* (?) Carex adpressa. 



* Lepturus incurvatus, Trin. 



§ Hemarthria compressa, R. Br. 



* Stipa scabra, Lindl. 



X Echinopogon ovatus, Pal. 

 X Agrostis quadriseta, R. Br. 

 *§ Cynodon dactylon, L. Rich. 

 § Chloris truncata, R. Br. 



* (?) Festuca distichophylla. 



* Triodia irritans, R. Br. 



§ Distichlis maritimus, Rafin 

 § Bromus arenarius, Lab. 



* Schizaea dichotoma, Sm. 



§ Hymenophyllum nitens, R. Br. 



* Dicksonia davallioides, R. Br. 



§ Lomaria discolor, var. bipin- 

 natae. 



* (?) ,, procera. 



§ Woodwardia aspera, Mett. 

 § ,, caudata, Cav. 



"§ Aspidium Capense, Willd. 



* Polypodium grammitidis, R. Br. 



* ,, scandens, Forst. 



Plant Names. — The second instalment of the provisional 

 list of common names for indigenous plants appeared in the 

 Journal of Agriculture for August. The committee will be 

 pleased to have any criticism as early as possible. 



Some Unusual Bird Visitors in the Mallee. — The sight 

 of a strange bird occasionally is to the ornithologist like a new 

 lease of life. It affords material for speculation as to the 

 probable reason for such unexpected appearance, and, in the 

 case of birds that are " old friends," revives pleasant memories 

 of old associations. Thus, the advent, a few days since, of 

 a flock of about twenty Black Cockatoos, Calyptorhynchus 

 funereus, and especially the sound of their strange cries as 

 they flew leisurely overhead, reminded the writer forcibly of 

 the days when, as a lad, he roamed the bush near Langi- 

 Ghiran, in the Pyrenees, " the home of the Black Cockatoo." 

 A short time before this, about the beginning of August, a 

 solitary specimen of the Kookaburra, Dacelo gigas, suddenly 

 appeared one day in the farm-yard, and from a point of vantage 

 kept swooping down on the mice infesting the haystack. When 

 successful in his raid the Kookaburra would return to his 

 perch, and swallow the unfortunate victim whole. A pair of 

 Nankeen Kestrels, Cerchneis cenchroides, which for a long 

 time past have regarded this particular farm-yard as their 

 special preserve, were much incensed at this invasion of their 

 precincts, darting incessantly at the intruder, exhibiting many 

 pretty turns and surprising evolutions of flight meanwhile. 

 The Kookaburra, however, took no notice of these assaults 

 beyond presenting his great beak towards the enemy. He 

 stayed about for a day or two, and then vanished as suddenly 

 as he came. The third visitor was a specimen of the Black- 

 cheeked Falcon, Falco melanogenys, a bird which I have not 

 previously seen in the Mallee ; and, lastly, the Silver Gull, 

 Larus novcB-hoUandicB, flocks of which have regularly appeared 

 for some seasons past, frequenting the various water-holes and 

 swamps in the Sea Lake and Ultima districts. — J. C. Goudie. 

 Sea Lake, 15/8/11. 



