Vol. XXVIII. 



] NicHOLLS, A Trip to the Bass Valley. 



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Neositta (Sittella) chrj-.soptera 

 Climacteris scandens 

 Pardalotus ornatus 

 P. punctatus 

 Anthus australis 

 Ptilotis leucotis 

 Acanthochaera carunculata 



Orange-winged Nuthatch 

 Brown Tree-creeper 

 Red-tipped Diamond-bird 

 Spotted Diamond-bird 

 Australian Pipit 

 White-eared Honey-eater 

 Wattle-bird 



Plants of Bass Valley — Easter 191 i. 



Hypericum japonicum 

 Geranium dissectum 

 Pultenaea daphnoides 

 P. scabra 

 Daviesia latifolia 

 Platylobium obtusangulum 

 Bauera rubioides 

 Melaleuca ericifolia 

 M. squarrosa 



Leptospermum myrsinoides 

 L. scoparium 

 Persoonia juniperina 

 Banksia collina . . 

 Gnaphalium japonicum 

 Chrysanthemum leucanthemum 

 Wahlenbergia gracilis 

 Goodenia ovata . . 

 Dampiera stricta 

 Styphelia scoparia, 

 S. australis 

 Epacris impressa 

 Eriochilus autumnalis 

 Hypoxis glabella 

 Selaginella uliginosum 

 Gleichenia circinata 

 Blechnum cartilagineum . . 



Small St. John's Wort 

 Cut-leaved Geranium 

 Large-leaved Bush-Pea 

 Rough Bush-Pea 

 Broad-leaved Bitter-Pea 

 Burrumbeet Flat-Pea 

 Wiry Eurella 

 Swamp Paper-bark 

 Scented Paper-bark 

 Pink Tea-tree 

 Manuka 



Prickly Geebung 

 Hill Banksia 

 Japanese Cudweed 



Austral Bluebell 

 Shrubby Goldenhands 



Honeybags 



Common Heath 

 Autumn Orchid 

 Yellow Stars 

 Swamp Club-Moss 

 Coral Fern 

 Gristle Fern 



Exchange. — Mons. L. Vignal, 28 Avenue Duquesne, Paris 

 (Treasurer Societe Zoologique de France), is anxious to exchange 

 Paris Eocene and Bordeaux and Dux Miocene fossils for Aus- 

 tralian Tertiary fossils. 



A New Relaxing Tin. — The Newman relaxing tins, which 

 have been mentioned in English publications lately, are now 

 available in Victoria. These tins are ready charged, and require 

 no addition of moisture. Insects placed in them can be left for 

 weeks without the slightest danger of mould, In March last half 

 a dozen specimens of the common skipper butterfly, H. compacia, 

 one of the most difficult of our butterflies to set, were placed in 

 one of these tins, and left through the winter. When taken out 

 a few weeks ago they were readily set without any trouble. This 

 plan will be appreciated by those who have tried to set skipper 

 butterflies which are just a little too stiff. Particulars will be 

 found in the advertisement of Messrs. Cherry and Sons, of Gis- 

 borne. 



